Sherman County observer., February 13, 1920, Image 4

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T h e C in n a m o n
C re e k T r ic k
By N. H. CKOWKLL
(C opyright.)
Biggs whs th e g reen est-lo o k ln g innn
t i n t ev er faced old Bill W illiam ;. mid
did n<»t flinch. On th e occasion when
In fln»ted into th e stuffy little K ick
»iiit« li s ta tio n a n d d rap ed his s p ir­
t s lie form acro ss one end of B ill’s
-k that g en tlem an rem oved his vis
in,I h m d w n rc and sn o rted In h is w ra th .
-A m i who in T ro p h e t m ay you he?"
howled*old Bill, h is w h isk ers tw itch in g
like an an g ry p a t’s.
Biggs sm iled a ch eru b ic sunlle an d
picked up one of B ill’s le tte r s w ith a
casual a ir of In terest. b
“ You d o n ’t know me, g ra n d p a ? ” he
rem ark ed quizzically, us If In d o ubt.
" I 'lit! l i l t ! You—d a rn you— w ho
—say, a re you B iggs?” exploded th e
writ thy BUI.
"B iggs and m e a re th e sam e g ent,
sir.’’ responded th e sm ilin g v isitor.
W illiam s su rv ey ed th e elo n g ated fig­
u re w ith co iitein p t ra m p a n t ou his fe a ­
tu re s .
—. -
“ Well, you a re a loo loo, a in ’t you?
You d o n ’t look uhle to slin g h a s h — let
.¡J o n e lig h tn in g .
K now w h at y o u ’re
up a g ain st, d o n ’t y o u ?”
“ No, a n d w h a t’s m o re , I d o n ’t give
a d a n g .”
"W ell, tnv d u ck y — my little In su lt
to civilized so ciety —you a re b illed to
h ndle th at C innam on C reek trick , an d
if you’re not scalp ed by th em blood-
ilr in k in ’ dagoes In sid e of a w eek you
d ra w y o u r pay. You h e a r? ”
I -u n i at all h ard o f h earin g , p a !"
«. id Biggs.
Williams grew red, th e n p u rp le an d
looked about to explode. At la st he
d ash ed fiercely from th e room an d
«¡aturned th e d oor w ith a bang.
• l-’ o r a m onth B iggs h ad k ep t , s tric t
tab ou th e goings an d co m in g s of six
s.m l tru th * and six h u n d red Ita lia n s.
Ilia office, a d ism an tled box car, w as
by no m ean s p rep o ssessin g , b u t sm all
d. feet* w ere ^»st on Biggs.
Bjek of him stretched the huge pit.
nV» whose shifting depths loco-
««•* jerk e d long strin g * o f fiata,
A hiih. p assin g b en e a th th e m agic of
a row of fu rio u s ste a m shovels,
em erg ed fre ig h te d w ith san d .
Two
b u n d le d y a rd s to th e w est w as th e
C iim am u tr e s tle J-.pd beyond th a t th e
tra c k m elted aw ay n p w n rd to w ard
Beak C ity, n dozen m iles n s th e crow
flic*. up th e sh o u ld e r o f th e divide.
B iggs reg a rd e d th e sw a rth y sons of
th e S oulli w ith d in !ru st, but lie w as
too w ise to tell th em of th e fact.
O ne c h e erfu l in cid en t bud broken
h is m onotony m ercifu lly .
T h a t w as
w hen a len g th y nnd ferv en t re p r i­
m and. d ire c t fio lu u re a l roll top desk,
und co v erin g thfl W illiam s Incident, a r ­
rived. B iggs sighed, folded th e sh eet
n eatly , anil sto re d It aw ay in a secret
pocket aft. T h en he picked up th e
" S le u th L ib ra ry ," opened to th e c h a p te r
h ead ed "T h e Blot T h ick en s" und got
d o w n to b u sin ess.
It w as now th e th ird day th s t he
had a h s tn o (cd th e re p rim a n d an d
cu n -fu lly p e rh se d Its co n ten ts. Biggs
w as en jo y in g It to th e full. H e ant In
th e car. h eels cocked up. holding th e
m issive at a n n a len g th b efo re his eyes.
T h en he y ta rte d up. listen in g .
He
h<-yrd a so u n d like th e vig o ro u s puffing
of a locom otive, b u t y e t u n lik e It.
P ro p p in g dow n from th e car. Biggs
set off ’ow nrd th e tre s tle an d p resen tly
cam»- in sig h t of an en g in e, th re e cars,
am i n sten in d riv e r calm ly se ttlin g
«1 -wi) to w ork on n b^g pile as th ough
d ssp f'cd from fa iry la n d .
B iggs recalled w irin g dow n c o n c e rn ­
ing th e co n d itio n o f th a t ea st end, hut
hud n ev er ex p ected m o re th a n n visit
f i "in a fe d -sh irte d Irish m a n w ith
«ledge and w edges. H ere w as a p ile
d rix ti in full b la st.
Biggs stro lled back to h is car, ss t
down and resin n ed re a d in g th e th rille r.
Ill had m ade s tirrin g p ro g re ss mid w as
w ith in n lap o r t,wo o f th e bloody-
h.-n•’ d villain w hen a p iercin g yell
ari
<i in th e d ire c tio n o f th e tre stle .
d ro p p ed th e book an d leaped
to fhe ea r door.
•
As lie ru sh ed aro u n d th e c u rv e th n t
hid the in .« tie from view he saw a
clambering among ths brace timber« of
the bridge.
“Chuck I Chuck I"
The ax, swung by fear-nerved arms,
ate Into the wiry apruca.
• The eighteen-hundred pound ham­
mer resting on Its crest was exerting
Its power. Biggs paused a brief in­
stant in suspense—then the ax circled
viciously and bit the wood.
“Crack-kl" Biggs shifted his foot
to the angle of a brace and swung a
last desperate stroke square at the
bending fiber. Then be leaped away
as pile and hammer plunged resistlees-
ly down the clayey slope.
»
The next moment he was staring
stiffly at the crumpled body of an Ital­
ian lying among the tools at the foot
of the derrick and he knew the reason
for the mutluy.
«-
Then he observed Ills boxrcar sta­
tion slide by and awoke to realization.
A faint roar from far up the mountain
spurred him on and he rushed forward.
He was scrambling over the coal
pile to the engine cab when he felt
the sudden Interruption In flight that
told of the application of air brakes,
lie glanced up nnd beheld a man han­
dling the levers In the CHb, not teu feet
distant.
"O pen ’e r up I L et ’e r o u t! " yelled
Biggs, ex cited ly w av in g Ids arm s to­
w ard th e m o u n tain behind.
"G uess n o t! S h e ’s ru n n in g a w a y —
o r w a s !"
“S ix teen loose flat c a rs hack of us—
s ix te e n !” scream ed B iggs, as he slid
bodily iuto th e eah an d stru g g le d to Ids
feet.
" H e ll!’’ e ja c u la te d
th e stra n g e r.
T hen lie p ulled a lev er way over.
"W h o ’re y o u ?” sh o u ted Biggs.
“Goff, firem an, fre sh from th e w a te r
tan k !”
H is d rip p in g g a rm e n ts c o rro b o rated
h ls ,sta te m e n t am ply an d forced a sm ile
to B iggs’ face.
B ehind them th e d riv e r w aved an d
sw ung in sn ak y circles.
."W e ’re doing all sh e'll s t a n d !” th e
firem an - called.
"G uess w e’re tag g ed , all rig h t I”
"W h at?"
“They’re going to catch us I”
"W e’ll win by about six car lengths!
Poke the fire!” he called.
"Hurrah! Man at switch!” shouted
the fireman an Instant Inter.
“That’s Bill, bless hls heart!”
"Homestretch I” called GofT, as he
threw down the shovel.
The roar of the two catapults was
now one thunderous roll. The tension
grew almost overpowering and the
men gripped their breath In expecta­
tion of a disastrous finish.
Four—six—eight long seconds ticked
by and then the at Iff figure of old Bill
Williams flashed by.
The fireman’s
face broke Into a smile as he seized the
lever.
Slzz-zz! went the brakes on the huge
wheels a nVt then. In k cloud of sand and
dust, the fast-flying flat cars careened
by—on the siding.
Another moment and the plle-up at
the bump end of the dead switch oc­
curred. Biggs and Goff dashed through
a hall of sand and brought the train
to a standstill a hare hundred yards
beyond.
"l ine man, Bill!” he remarked ear­
nestly. nnd the recipient grunted with
grim pleusure.
Biggs wus sent for nnd left on the
first train. Confronting the roll-top
desk, he exhibited the blisters on hls
palms, shook the sund from hls shoes,
and stood up hrnvely under the friend­
ly pat# from the rich and powerful.
T h en th ey sen t him hack to th e san d
p it— Ju st to get hls grip.
BELLS V AKE SPLENDID MUSIC
Sw eet Sound* H ave Moved Many
G reat W rite rs to R ecord T h eir
T rib u te of D elight.
T h e lovely c a rillo n s o f bells In B el­
gian to w ers h av e In sp ired m any a
poet, m any an a u th o r. R o settl, S tev ­
enson, T h a c k e ra y , T h o m as H ard y ,
V ictor H ugo, Ixm gfellow , M acdonald,
H enry V anD yke an d o th e rs h av e w rit­
ten of th e m usic of th e carillo n . T h e
45 hells In th e to w e r of St. Rom bold
ut M echlin, o r M nllnes, w hich w ere
h eard by V ictor H ugo In 1845. gave
b irth to a poem w hich tra d itio n say s
he w ro te w ith h ls rin g upon th e w in ­
dow p an e of a little inn In th e m iddle
of th e night. T h e th e m e Is a d escrip
Hon of th e w o n d erfu l carillo n m usic
nt M allnes. A n o th er w rite r, W illiam
Gorham Rice, w ho h e a rd th e g re a t
m a s te r o f bells, J o s e f D enyn. piny on
th e carillo n of St. R om bold, h a s given*
a sp len d id d e scrip tio n of th e effect of
th is m usic upon him. H e s a y s :
"S o m etim es In w in te r, a f te r Icicles
h av e form ed, th e re com es a th aw , and
one by one they tu m b le dow n g en tly ai
first, th en b o ld er In a m ass th ey conn*
till, like an a v a la n c h e , th ey crash
dow n w ith a m ighty ro a r. All of th is
th e m usic suggested. It w as low, It
w as loud, It w as from one bell. It w as
from ch o rd s o f bells. It wns m ajestic.
It w ns sim ple. A nd ev ery n o te seem ed
kt r a n g e s ig h t.
to fall from above, fro m such h eig h ts
K unniug,
craw lin g , • sc ra m b lin g ’ th a t th e w hole lan d h e a rd Its b e a u ty ."
»- to ss th e tre s tle w ere th e Itnllnns.
» : ch tr m e d w ith pick o r shovel anil
Seven W o n d ers o f the W o rld .
im ik.ng d< sjic ra te effo rts to close th e
T h re e lists a re given of seven won-
dlK lnicc th a t In terv en ed b etw een them
and a g ro u p o f seven men In b lue ders. H h a t a re know n as th e seven
Ju m p e rs w h o fled ' r d p r I'f > up th e w onders of th e a n c ie n t w orld w e re :
f.vrum lds of E g y p t. P h a ro s of E gypt,
»Inilov«» gr: ’ i ,,\u .d Bi , i ty.
. i i g i n g g a rd e n s o f B abylon, tem p le of
.-W boPy in able to g ra sp th e inclining
of If all B iggs’ In stin ct tu rn ed him D iana at E p h esu s, s ta tu e of J u p lte i
alem i ¡.ml lie spoil fo r Ids in s tru m e n t. by Bhlih as, m au so leu m o f A rtem isia.
H e flung h im self inside th e cur an d C olossus o f R hodes. T h o se o f th*
re;o-iti d for the key. B ut som eone «twiddle ag es w e re : C oliseum o f Rom*
'¡’ij'-iy ‘"«f "tdiii. li e stab b ed nt th e cataco m b s of A lex an d ria, greats w all
>f C hina, S ton eh en g e, lean in g tow er
b * r n ml a n sw ered .
Itunu v n —►
Ixte» n landed flats— f p lsu t . J ^ ’r<‘e,aln to w e r of N ankin,
, »usque o f St. S ophia In C o n sta n ll
C h a r a w a y !"
’¡h a t cam e from Beak C ity. Bigg- uople. o n * 41st o f th e seven w o n d ers
up < oh ! glan«-««l et his w atch of th e new w orld a r e : W ireless te le ­
by Ini hit. T h e next be knew he w as phone. airp la n e , ra d iu m , a n tisé p tic a
m d a n tito x in s, sp e c tru m a n aly sis, X-
ra c in g up th e tra c k to w ard th e d esert
ray.
cd d riv e r tra in .
"Fools!
Cowards!
K n a v e s!" he
groaned.
W ith a fierce p o u n d 'n g at h is neck
he m o u n ted th e locom otive at a hound
a n d glarm ed h a c k ,n t th e to w erin g d » r
rick . At sig h t o f It esm e Ills first feel
Ing o f fe a r. If he only knew how to
ta k e It dow n, he th o u g h t! T h en , Vvith
a sh iv e r -of In te n se an g u ish , he saw
th n t th e tr a in w ns trapp»«! by a h a lf
d riv e n p ile !
With a cry that' wns half a whine he
seized an ax that entered his range of
rlalon and the next Instant was blindly
■*
* Unavoidable.
H ub— Oh, d o n 't w orry ab o u t th e
cook’s c ra n k in ess. D on’t tak e any no-
tlse of her.
Wife— I have to ; sh e ’s Just given It
—B oston T ra n sc rip t.
H ap p in ess in C h eerfu ln ess.
T lie m ind thnt Is ch eerfu l In. Its p re s­
ent s ta te will I h > a v erse to all solici­
tu d e ns to th e fu tu re , an d will m eet
th a b itte r o ccu rren ces o f life w ith a
placid smile.—Horae«.
GRAND JURY CHARGES
WHEAT MANIPULATION
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERUJNTEREST
M. H. Houser Accused of Help­
ITH LAST LAND
ing to Corner Wheat Supply
Principal Events of the Week
Briefly Sketched for Infor­
and Raise Price.
mation of Our Readers.
king L oarles l a n d
' Spokane.—Wholesale speculation la
usiamo
SPI1
grain by milllug companies of the
Pacific northwest, among them three
„ KOOX
J SLAMO
Portland concerns in which Max H-
9— ‘B U M
Houser, vice-president of the United
B A R E N T S
States Grain corporation for tne north­
HOM
west, is declared by the report -to be
S E A
interested, is charged In a return made
by a United States grand Jury here-
Purchase of grain at the government
BEAR If
Jlxed price, estimated by the report
to total 85 per cent of the Washing­
ton state crop of 42,000,000 bushels
in 19J9, by about half a dozen large
grain concerns is charged by the re­
port, which declares that by purported
g f Q n ft Ice
sales of grain to each other and
¿Outhern D ’
through "manipulation of the grain
* \
NordACape
market centered at Minneapolis," and
by other methods, they have advanced
the price to about $1 a bushel above
A
the government price.
The grand jury recommends that
: €
President Wilson issue a proclamation
ida
under the wheat guarantee act, fixing
a selling price for all wheat flow held
in the United States at the price paid
to the farmer, plus a reasoaable carry­
ing charge and that a similar price
be fixed on flour and mill feed.
It further recemmends^hat no appro­
N 1596 two Dutchmen, Barents Is now being more extensively worked
priation be made by congress to fin­
and Heemsklrk. discovered Spitz by British, Norwegians, and Swedes.
ance wheat sales to foreign countries
Extensive Iron ore deposits are re­
bergen, nnd were Immediately
until such time a« the American peo­
followed by British explorers. A ported by the Northern Exploration
ple are "relieved from paying the ex­ British seaman—Poole—was one of company of Londorr. Dll d«*po^ts are
tortionate prices now required of them these, -and he was the first man to known and claimed b y ‘ the Scottish
find coal in Spitsbergen, In 1GO4. Ttfo .Spltzbergen syndicate, ns well as very
by reason of grain manipulation.
notable British explorers were Foth- extensive deposits of some of the finest
erby and Baffin, who soiled to Spits­ gypsum in the world, while there ar**
HOUSER SAYS CHARGE FALSE bergen on hehalf of the well-known Indications of other valuable minerals,
company of London merchants known which will require skilled Investiga­
G ran d J u r y A c u sa tio n s A re D eclared
as the Muscovy company. Carrying tion and handling by expert mining
with them a royal warrant, they au­ geologists and engineers.
Ridiculous.'-
Furs and Fisheries.
Portland, O re—M. IL Houser de­ thoritatively and definitely Uinnexed
Besides minerals there are fur-bear­
clared there was no basis whatever Spitsbergen in 1614 to the British
for the allegations made by the Spo­ crown In the name of King James for ing animals which would provide
hls heirs nnd successors.
So It Is sport and fur If properly protected by
kane grand jury. He said: ’
certainly British yet by right of suc­ the British government, nnd not al­
"The allegations made by the fed­ cession, whatever the successive heads
lowed to be massacred nnd even exten­
eral grand Jury at Spokane are up- of the British government have been sively poisoned by northern hunters.
true. The whole thing Is a misstate­ or will be, since the reign of .Tames Let these animals he bred and only
ment and distortion of fact*. The VI of Scotland and I of Grent Britain, legally killed with discretion, and there
charges are ridiculous and absurd and writes Dr. William S. Bruce In Sphere. will be a lurge permanent revenue
they cannot get figures to substantiate
In 1914 Britain consented to sit at from them. Valuable foxes and rein
them. They simply don’t know what a conference table,‘convened by other deer still exist In considerable num­
powers, at Christiania, to discuss In bers I d spite of the Indiscriminate
they ay? ta.’k*ng about.
"I have had absolutely nothing to what way the government of Spltzber- slaughter that has taken place. There
are seals, whales, and porpoises. The
do with the management of any of gen should be organized, because of walrus can be re-established as well
its Increasing commercial develop­
these concerns, notwithstanding what ment by enterprising miners and hunt­ as the polar bear.
Fisheries, too,
the grand jury may aay to the con­ ers of various nationalities—British might also be organized, and all these
trary. If I werer Foose from the grain and foreign. There had been an ear­ animals could produce a large revenue
corporation and anxious to collect a lier conference at which Russia, Nor- If properly handled und properly pro­
few filthy dollars, 1 would not put in way, and Sweden only had sat, and at tected by an organized and unselfish
my time day after day with the thank­ which, I understand, Britain had re­ government.
Then there are the beauties and
less Job of trying to handle the grain fused to consent to sit, or at all events
definitely did not sit and did not rec­ winders of this arctic land of prom­
corporation here In the northwest.”
ognize It as internationally authori­ ise, besides these wonderful mineral
tative. But In 1914—the tercentenary and animal resources mentioned.
of Fotherby and Baffin’s British annex­ Think of the birds, many In their mil­
ation—the British government, which lions, and many of economic value,
had the ancient tight and title to notably the elder duck, and Home
Spltzbergen as heirs and successors of very edible birds and eggs—jgeese,
One may scan
King James, took up the very gener­ ducks, and others.
ous attitude of Insisting, If a British acres, even miles, of purple saxifrage,
New York.—Herbert Hoover issued government delegate was t<> sit, that like purple heather. One may wade
every power represented there must through luxuriant beds of sulphur hut
a statement here defining his attitude first acknowledge that Spltzbergen tercups, and find brilliant patches of
toward the presidency. He announced wns Terra Nulllus, or No Man’s Land, arctic popples and other plnnts, thriv­
that he Is not a candidate for the nom­ thus not forcing British rights fdb- ing even at great nnd exposed alti­
ination and that no one Is authorized ward, but also refusing to admit the tudes. Many brilliantly-colored lich­
to speak 'for him politically. If the right of any other power present to ens etch out almost every rock,
league of nations is made an Issue in have any right or title whatever. This swampy bits luxuriate with the richest
the election he says he will vote for the conference was sitting In Christiania mosses, liverworts, and interesting
Besides Britain, the algae, and pools teem with crusta­
party that stands for the league. In In July, 1914.
United
States,
Germany, Russia cean and other animal and vegetable
response to requests that he declare
France, Holland, Norway, Sweden and life; even the remnants of snow are
allegiance to either one or the other Denmark sent delegates, but when the colored with red, yellowj green, and
of the great political parties, Mr. war broke out the different delegates ofher colored algae known over cen­
Hoover said!
returned to their respective countries turies. •
"I am being urged by people In both and the conference was dissolved with­
Spitsbergen, besides mineral, animal
parties to declare my allegiance to out result, and Spitsbergen Is, and re­ nnd plant resources, has a lnrge series
either one or the other. Those who mains, a Terra Nulllus. This is quite of beau ful harbors and anchorages,
know me, know that I am able to make definite In spite of other unauthentlc so what with these and the Gulf
up my mind when a, subject Is clearly statements that have recently appeared stream there Is every possible facility
In the press.
to get there comfortably nnd safely.
defined. Consequently, until it more
Let our shell-shock patients and other
Who
8hall
Rule
the
Island?
definitely appears what the party man­
•
. <
wounded herfies thoroughly recover in
agers stand for, I must exercise a pre­
What will next happen It is Impos­ Spltzbergen in proper sanatoria In the
rogative of American citizenship and sible to say, even hr one who, like my­ healthiest climate in the world, where
self, has been veiV Intimately asso­ you can’t get u cold or a fever because
decline to pledge my vota blindfold.
"I am not unappreciative of the ciated with Spltzbergen for almost a there are no germs—a sterile, wonder­
But certain ful, and translucent atmosphere suf­
many kind things that my friends have quarter - of «r crnfhfy.
things must happen regarding, some of fuses this land where the sun never
advanced In my bch-rtlf.— Yet, I hope
the powers which were represented at
they will realize my sincerity In not the conference In 1914. (1) Germany sets all the summer and consequently
tying myself to undefined partisan­ must not be allowed In future to take the plants never cease to grow, nnd
where everything Is more wonderful
ship."
any part whatever in the organiza­ and beautiful than In any inhabitinj
tion of Spltzbergen In spite of her part of the world from pole to pole. *
forced bargain with Russia at the
R ailro ad S trik e Is P o ssib le.
(2) Russta la
W a sh in g to n .— W ag e n e g o tia tio n s of Bre8t-Litovsk treaty.
8un Source of All Power.
not able to take a . fully respon-
th e ra ilw a y em p lo y es w ith D ire c to r surely
...
Power ennnot come from nothing.
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sible
position
now
with
her
dlsorgan-
O en eral H in es h av e re a c h e d a c ritic a l . ..
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Ized
— government. (3) The United Even a watch or clock must, sooner
stage, and insofar as the Brotherhood States has hot the same Interests, be­ or later, have new power pnt Into It.
of Railway Trainmen is concerned, a cause her citizens have since sold their The power Is put Into the spring
strike looms unless pending demands estates to N orw egian sH ollan d has When the watch Is wound up. We
are satisfactorily settled. W, G. Lee, only early historical Interests, France wind It with muscle force obtnlned
president of the union, has served no- and Denmark have no special economic from food. Frfryl in turn Is produced
(ice on Mr. IHnes that his men are Interests, and Britain, Norway Mnd by power of the sun. So the sun,
"very insistent," and mu«:t have a def­ 8weden remain the three specially in­ which really drives the watch, Is the
source of all power.
inite answer soon. White house and terested parties.
Which
of
these
three
countries
Is
railroad administration officials regard
S iam ’s A m azon G uard.
as most serious the railroad situation able to look Justly after the rights of
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Its
own
subjects,
as
well
as
those
of
S
lam
Is one o f t h e 'f e w c o u n trie s
precipitated by the orders for a strike ..
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the other two nationalities who have w hich b o ast of a co rp s of w om en po­
F e b ru a ry 17. I.eurd I,y officer, of the j
pcnu.nully, for many «rtrong lice. T h e m em b ers of th is am azon
brotherhood of Maintenance of W^y reasons, I most emphatically enipha- g u a rd u re all old an d hom ely. T hey
Employes.
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j size that the British government w e a r a un ifo rm , h u t a re not arm ed.
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, | should be asked by the world powers T h e ir c h ief d u ty Is to a c t ns g ate
Industry Census Work Under Way. «t the peace conference to exercise keepehs o f th e Inner, o r .w om en’s p a l­
Ran Francisco.—The decennial In- ps rights not only as heir to the Brlt- ace a t B angkok.
They follow any stranger who enters
dustrt& l c ^ hbus of the Pacific coast Ish rights and titles ns defined and de­
listrlct has been started by Frank L. clared by . Fotherby and Baffin In the palace nn.1 ri’miiln with him until
1614, hut also for the protection of
Hanford, chief special agent of the ¡.subjects of other nations who have he takes hls departure. 'Hiey see that
there Is no mischief made and that no
census bure-u, who opened an office i some, but not exclusive, rights there.
one makes love to the royal wives and
*jore to receive mail statistics from : Spltzbergen will soon be recognized women. Men who have business Inside
manufacturers.
as the goose with the golden egg. “Let the palace—doctors, architects, car­
' Spitsbergen develop." In Spltzbergen penters, electricians, etc.—^nter the
U ncle Eben.
I we find the finest coal In the world,, palace freely, bnt are always accom­
“Par aln’ no use trytn’ to hnry de equal to the best Welsh steam coal. panied by some of the ninnzon guard.
hatchet wlf some folks." said Uncle In most accessible places. This Is The palace has some difficulty In re­
cruiting these guards, as the work Is
Ehen, **)iot» a s ' long as »ley kin keep very definitely known by many others
hard, the pay. poor nnd the qualifica­
than
myself
and
those
thoroughly
fa
­
dodgin’ Into de hardware store an’
miliar with Spltzbergen. It was Cap­ tion uncomplimentary.
gettlp* mo’ cutlery/’
tain Poole In 16f>4 who discovered coal,
Hit It Right Thst .Time.
nnd it w’as myself who hflnught It home
First Land Sale.
“How the Blanks could afford to give
( in 1£98. and I had It certified as a
We should say the first land sale very high class steam -coal In the such a grand dinner I don’t under­
<>n record was ike purchase of the laboratory of a Scottish colliery; bnt It stand.” sitlrt Mrs. Blnnderhy to her
9eld of Machpelnh liy Abraham, who was the AmericanS'Who first developed guest. "It wns really a most pre-
Paid 4<«i shekels of silver for the Its mining on an extensive scale. In sumptuous rep^gt.** — Boston Tran- I
field In which he burled hls wife.'
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HOOVER SAYS HE IS '
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af a stipulated price of I t cents a
pound. As a result of these oontraete
and the optimistic feeling over the
future prospects of the hop Industry
in Marion county the acreage >111 be
materially Increased this season. .
It Is estimated there will be approxi­
mately $«t$,460.13 of state money avail­
able for the construction of market
roads In the various counties of Ore­
gon during the year 1630, s coord Ing
to a report prepared by members of
the state highway commission. To
obtain thia money for road oeswtrue-
tlon It will first be necessary far the
several countlea to match the state
appropriation.
The conference report on the Indian
appropriation bill carries the following
Cougars are reported killing doer
on the north fork of Smith river, In
Southern Curry county.
Smuggling liquor from Canada by
airplane Into Oregon la said to be the
latest scheme to evade the law.
The Klamath county wool growers’
association has elected officers. Includ­ amounts for Oregon: Klamath agency.
$6570; Umatilla agency, $3000; *(
ing E. M. Hammond, president.
mawa
Indian school, $100,000, lnc!~
A total of 293 accidents were report­
ed to the state Industrial accident Ing $26,000 for repairs and Improve­
commission for the week ending Feb­ ments and $10,000 for Installing hlgh-
presanre boilers and steam-heating ap­
ruary t
Fossil Is having its share of Influ­ paratus; 8ilcts agency, $2600; Modoo
enza, hut the cases are generally mild. irrigation project within Klamath e
,
It is practically Impossible to get ervation, $14,000.
Over
200
orohardlsts
of Jack
nurses.
•ounty
gathered
at
Medford
for the
Agreeing to accept a standard breed
of dairjrcattle, farmers of Alsea valley purpose of determine how much dam
-have gone on record for a community age waa done the fruit trees by the
recent cold. A large number of fruit­
Improvement program.
Shut In from motor travel, Cote, growers brought*samples of their trees,
Union county, has only developed exhibits of bark sad limbs and after
three cases of contagious diseases In examination by County Agrton” u
six months. These cases were typhoid- C. C. Cate It waa decided that th
A Salvation Army advisory board age In the valley waa much less than
has been created at Eugene to Investi­ originally anticipated.
According to the monthly report «...
gate and report on local conditions In
which the organisation can be of serv­ the weather bureau, January was the
dryest month In the history of s«»u;.
ice-
An antl-vaccinatlon league has been era Oregon, less than half an n r h
formed at Marshfield, with more than rain falling. The average
Y00 members, for the purpose of pre­ month was 4.29 inches. As
venting the vaccination of school chil­ cipitatlon has been deflch
beginning of the rainy t* -
dren.
After acquiring'a fortune of $10,000 era and fruit raise « it
shinjng shoes at Eugene, Louis Polalls, worried and an added
«
a young Greek, has returned to hls na­ been applied to the camva . . -
tive land, after selling out to hls rigatlon.
Approximately a million feet of Um­
brother.
Preference rights will be granted sol­ ber in the Sluslaw national forest In
diers by the government la filing on the vicinity of Yachaats and r .s .s
the Oregon A California and other creek, on the cosat, was deetr-v«.-
forfeited land grants to be opened to Insects during the
Ing to a spec;al r e p c ’ t Jv*
settlement.
£
Medford has been named the head-, office of the S.ue
quarter« of the Episcopal Church in Investigation was made by one of tne
southern Oregon with Pastor William rangers who found that the ra’ » ’^» M
B. Hamilton of SL Marks church as the insects, the nature of * *
was unable to determine
dean of the district.
s C. Ray Beckley of Portland has filed strip about a qua ter of,
application with Percy Cupper, state and 60 acres In extent, n
8t. Benedict’s Abbey, with
engineer, for the use of water from
tho John Day river for power devel­ ters at Mount Angel, has filed suit la
the United States court In Portland to
opment and irrigation purposes.
Preliminary steps have been taken teat the validity of the law passed at
*L Heppner for the organisation of a the recent special session of the s‘ate
Morrow county fair association, with legislature making it ^ la w fu l to print,
a capital stock of $25,000. A tract of publish, circulate, display, or sell or
32 acres near Heppner will be pur­ offer for sale any newspaper or period­
ical In any language other than Eng­
chased
The Penayor Lumber company of lish unless the same contain a literal
Saginaw, Mich., has closed a contract translation In the English language of
for the Savage tract of timber, on the the same type and as conspicuously
border of Jackson and Josephine coun­ displayed. The plaintiff corporation
ties. Removal of the timber will begin prints, publishes, circulates and sells
a weekly newspaper called "St. Jo­
at Once *
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j
Net sales of hogs, sheep and cattle seph’s Blatt," which has a weekly cir­
sent to the Portland stockyard* V the culation of approximately 24,700 copies
I-Ane county cooperative shipping-as­ and Is printed In the German language.
The machinery for the first unit of
sociation during the year amounted to
$164.076. Sixty-four carloads of stock the Astoria Flouring Mills company’s
new plant at ths port terminals at
were shipped.
Postmasters are to be appointed in Astoria has been operated for a few
Oregon as follows: Wayne E. Elliott, days as a test, and has been found
Veneta, Lane county; Charles W. to work satisfactorily. It Is expected
Sharpe, Cam i s Valley, Douglas county; this untt. which will have a capacity
Percy E. .Allen, Elsie, Clatsop county, of 2000 barrels of flour a day, will
Tho
and Mrs. Marie W. Hsvill, Hoff, Clack­ begin grinding immediately.
second unit of the plant will be ready
amas county.
By agreement with the state, the Pa­ for operation In about six weeks. The
cific Livestock company will put on new plant will be one of the largest
the market 10,000 acres of Harney val­ single mills of Its kind In the country.
ley land, and first choice will be given It will turn out 4000 barrels of high-
soldi»-™ and sailors. They will have grade flour each 24 hours. With the
90 days In which to take up the option company’s present mill also In opera­
tion the dally output will be Increased
of settlement.
Grasshoppers cannot be classed as to 6200 barrels, sufficient to pro­
squirrels, noxious rodents or predatory vide a full steamer cargo for export
animals under the Oregon law s, and each month.
The state highway commission, la
consequently county courts are not
salon In Portland last week, awarded
authorized to appropriate n^pney for
their extermination, according to an a contract for a bridge across Youngs
bay at the price of $302.020.00; refused
opinion by Attorney-General Brown.
Poultry schools are to be established te make any promises for paving until
In Wasco county by ths Wasco County result of May election la known; de
Poultry association according to plans elded not to push Mount Hood loop r
formulated by the executive committee. a sacrifice of highways In I^ke, KJar -
It is planned to have six schools in ath and other counties; agreed to ex­
various parts of the county which will tend The Dalles-Callfornla highway 30
be Instructed by prominent poultry ex­ miles from Modoc Point to Band creek;
suspended contract on Redmond-Prln«'
perts.
A record price for standing timber vllle road and will aid county on to
was offered at the government sale of Crooked river road toward Pau ‘
10,000,000 feet of white pine on the will neither pave nor consifl
Klamath Indian reservation, the high from Woodburn to Newberg until atsD-
bidder, I. H. Larkey, bidding $6.33 per map roads are disposed of ana n
1000 feet, and $2.82 per 1000 feet rental roads are taken up; accepted pro
for the Kirk sawmill, where the timber I
of Union county, pending resul
will be manufactured. -
election, and ordered contt
Predatory animals numbering 3210 I colled; ordered survey to finish En.
were killed by the 58*men and women prloe-Flora road la Wallowa co-m
employed by the United States bio­ No aotlon to be taken on Crater la»
logical survey in Idaho, Washington project until after May election
and Oregon during the six months*end­
Another War.
ing December 31, Stanley Jewett, In
”Whnt’s the charge against th*
spector In charge with headquarters at
man?” asked the Judge.
Pendleton, announced.
Fighting In the public streets," re
In case all the mlll&ge tax measures plied the officer.
to be submitted to the voters of Ore­
YouTe fined nine dollars and nine
gon at the special election to be held ty cents."
on May 21 are approved, the state
‘What’s the ninety cents for. Judge 7"
tax levy next December will exceed asked the man at the bar.
“War tax."
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the levy made In December, 1919, by
“But ths war’s all over, your honor."
more than 100 per cent, according to
“Over, nothing! fo u war« fighting,
state officials who have given tfie pro­
weren’t you I”
posed laws careful study and consider­
ation-
Rough on Now Jsreoy. -
Officials of the Grants Pass trrlga
Oliver WendeU llolmee* Idee of New
tlon district havo filed with the state
Jersey, New York’s next-door neigh­
engineer resolutions outlining a plan bor. was that It was “a doable-headed
of reclamation, request for certifica­ suburb, rather than a state.”
tion of approximately $400,000 in bonds
Hie Tactful Purpose. ■
voted'for development work, and ap­
First Married Man«—What are you
plication for state payment of Intereat cutting out of the paper? •
on these bonds. This district com­
Second Married Man— An Item
prises aboqt 8000 seres ajid is located about a California man*« securing a
divorce because hls wife went through
1 b Josephine county.
Hop buyers In the Salem district bis pocket«.
First Married Man—What are you
have made several contracts recently
going to do with It?
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whereby they agree to take the grew
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