The Lane County news. (Springfield, Lane County, Or.) 1914-1916, October 18, 1915, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextEnglish Composition Work of Springfield High School of , Calico Cnnyon ready to. leap on Slim good old Slim who had1! nnd rested though with bo many Hitting on It. CI iris lot's not sit The Cougar of Call Bill Thomas stopped of his bunk house sheet of paper that was tacked i Ho arrived just before dark upon the outside of the door, at an old deserted cabin that had it said Uiat a rcwnru 01 nvojucen used by hunters and trap helped him out so much. Thouon It and mora this availing or cougar 8 tail twitched, no cremfiot anvono also." Forthwith Him closer nnd crouched lower, whan Humped up and they all wont A 1. ....... .. .1.. . ..... ... . 1 . I... .1 A . Ctntwinn ! Ma mm mill linrlr.lli ant I v., ... c."" " ";-'- "--ana an nuioumuc ueicncu lonn gauy away, t ronuy ion roiroHh- hls pony and set out for the up- ,i0,unv contents. Tho echoes ml in nnd suoh n thmiulilfiil uM. In front per part of Calico Canyon where ;ronml nml cmBXQt down the! One nljiht. iy friends, a lone and read a tile COUgar Was Seen most. itMinvnii. Tlin pouirnr lonrinil tlmn mrn 1 hml n aim turn ml. . . ' - - - . i " --el- - ------ - " o v Hundred dollars would be given jpcra. Tying his pony, he built a 'being, Slim leaped out. of tho headlong down Into tho holo nt, venture, Slim's feet. With a fearful yell. , I was sitting in front of an mora Ilka a beast than a human , old open Jlronlaco In an old for tho killing of a certain con-1 firo and got supper. gar that had for many years i Uq wont out t(, seo tjmt xa been preying on cattle of the pony Wns all right, then ho want ranches jn Calico Canyon In t0 UCj determined to got up early Butte county, Montana. 1 here nml set out for tilc iloa(j 0( til0 had been many who had tried ;cnUyon, where tho cogar camo for the reward but so far no one j,lovvn int0 tuo valley fcom thc Iiau OCen SUCCCSSIU1. mmtittn lis. hole and started behind a rock, his gun ready for deadly work Ho watched tho holo for a sign or a movement or tno cougar, Bill walked down the trail to-M light sleep. house many miles away, Tho night was dark and cold but tho lira still biased morrlly and kept mo warm, soon I began to fcul drowsy and nt last, fall into a ward Slim, a happy grin on his face. When ho was within thirty feet of Slim, tho comboy Bill Thomas decided to go and ; iySng early, Bill got and ate : saw him, lowered his gun ask his father if he couldn't try ,i,R hmnkfnst.'tenclod to his 110'nv. for the reward. His father was theu got 1is father's 32 nutomn in his olllce room in one of the!uc ani S0( OU(, bunk houses. He was busy with It wn8 uot quite 1Igiit aml mjst some papers and did not see his,was hanging low. Bill took a son come In, until Bill said, i,)OSiUon about one mile from the cabin by the side of a log in a rock opening. Concealed behind a rock he would not be seen by anything going or coming on the trail. Presently he heard a sound scratched his head and Said "Wall kid, 1 guess you got tho reward, and when you got homo you arc going to got another one. OREN MASTERSON. Tho Troublos and Adventures of an Easy Chair. I had not slept long when sud denly I was aroused by the faint nattering of feet. It sounded llko the soft trotting of a cat or kitten. It was In one of tho other rooms and tho door between was closed. I wondored and won dered what It could bo. I want ed to go and seo but of course vou know a chair can't walk. So I just had to sit there nnd listen. Then there enmo nnothor strange little sound ns If some one wore scraping a stick on tho iloor or trying to open a door. I looked around and In tho "Say, Dad, I want to try for that reward, can I? And I want your automatic rifle. Aline is all right, but it hasn't the knock ing power your gun has." His father looked him over and then burst into a hearty laugh to think that a "kid" six teen years old should try for the reward that so many had tried for and failed to get. "Well, what are you going to do about it?" asked Bill, "Let me go or noL" "Yes, go and try your luck," said his father, you might as well try your luck as any body else. The gun is under my bunk,! shells are there, too. j rocks; a log hung down over the Bill nearly went wild with de-i rocks above his head. light. He rushed up to the cook' it was nearly dayight and Bill slianty and told Patsy, the cook, I was getting cold when he notic to put him up enough food for!ed a long dark object creeping three days. He went out to the inch by inch over Slim's head, barn and saddled up his ponyj Bill straightened up, his mouth and was leading liim out of the' cet firm and hard, the safetv uoor wnen lie nearly ran into lock on the gun snapped, ready pose. 'heard a shriek. I found out later onm, one oi uie comooys on uie for instant action. Bill raised After he left, a party of young that the shriek was caused by Mwt - the gun to his shoulder and took girls came laughing and chatter- the wind in the branches of an Where are you going, ' asked aim along the barrel. But vhying.in. I know they must have old maple tree, just outside tho Slim, after the Cougar?" "Yes" didn't he shoot? Something fas-1 belonged to the sewing club for window) and the ghost came tow-as all Bill said, cinated him and held him back. I heard them speak about it. ward me with her arms out Shm was in the same notion Nearer and nearer crept the ob-IOf course they, as soon as they stretched. I as Bill but he said nothing. Bill jject. jcame in, took possession of me. "Old chair, is it you?" she ' went up to the bunkhouse to geti What was it? A closer look: One girl said, "What an easy gladly cried and I saw that the his grub sack that Patsy had and Bill realied that he had been old chair." Then she said, "I ghost was a little neighbor girl; filled with a good supply. Get-Jin a dream. It was the cougar, don't suppose it ever feels easy who walked in her sleep. All ' the rest 6f that night she lay EUGENE THEATRE! Wednesday October, 20th MAIL ORDERS NOW RECEIVED H.H.FRAZEE Presents Well! Well! Well! am I go Inu to cct. some rest nt last? from down the mountains. Ills; My friend. Grandfather Clock. hand gripped the cold steel of just told me It was ten o'clock 1 slowly widening craHc of tlm uie an automatic, a cuui ran up i anil I naven t Iiau a bit or resti'Micnuig uoor, i ueuom a Huiniij and down his spine making him : since five o'clock this morninc. figure, clad nil in white. I knew, sweat, while a queer feeling grip-ii don't see why I am called an there were no children In the ped him. lie waited, the sound j easy chair anyway. I never feel house and I thought of ghosts grew nearer and finally Slim j easy, having to stand on my the first thing. It caused my came into view and took up a I four legs all day and all night blood to run cold. Slowly, Inch position about one hundred J and having someone sit on my by inch the thing came nearer yards below him. J stomach all day. I don't like It and nearer. It seemed like hours , Where Slim took up his posi-1 a bit and I don't know who .and hours that my oyes were tlon was in a hole between two ; would. ' glued on it. Tho thing seemed If it isn't someone it's another, to bewitch me nnd though not Now listen. Last night there being able to take my eyes off i was a party here and of course things all about me. . I was put Into use. A venerable, Finally the little whlto cjad rheumatic gentleman sat on me ( figure emerged from the dnrk till about eleven o'clock, alter- ncss Into the lighter pnrt of tho natelv sitting still nnd twisting dark room. I about, the better to see, I aupti Its lips seemed to move, I By EDWARD PEPLE With OSCAR FIGMAN and New York Cast PRAISED TO THE SKIES OV EVERY CRITIC Prices 50c, 75c, $1.00, $1.50 Seats on Salo Monday Made in Springfield Patronize the Payroll of Your Home Town The House of Quality We serve lunches and hot drinks, Eggimann's Candy Kit chen. Best by Test. Eggimann's Candy Kitchen Springfield Bakery Bread, Pie3, Cakes, Cookies, etc. Wedding and Party Cakes a Specialty S. Young, - Proprietor BALED HAY $10.00 : PER TON sleeping In my arms and when of t,,c wanted to do It so No. oon, for tho 8V6 of NEVi of morning came, was carried hack 1 u,y "row straws and the un- . ' owniin i,s, i hiiko an, to her home. lucky one, calling Tramp after JuKM ' Well, life isn't so bad after him, picked up his gun and PrJK all If a person views it with the started back the way they had ovu dcHcriliud, buforu I. i. iiowitt, 'right spirit. In spite of what I come. Tho others, for want of H' s' Co""l"ionor, ut lilu oiilco. m !sald at first, I have a pretty good anything to do. walked slowly K""' 11,0 2Clh ,lay of j time and lots of strange ndven- along tho trail ahead. They claimant uuiuin uh wltiiotmyo: vn 'tures. wero all very sober. Hum A. Cox. of Kuroiio. Oregon, itmliul CANDACE DILLARD. I At last they came to a place Joy. or huRono, OrcRon, Miio Thomi .where tho road rounded n cliff OroKon, j0oph Wnitnow, "Trnmn" Hint lltltii? ffir out nvcr Mm nnn- tl Ux..K00,u ,v , ...... a .. ..... ...... ltMV tu J fll UI.-J-IJJS- HoKlstur. 4 m BAKORE KNOXALL? For good values. For good bread, Use Bakore and Knoxall Flour. All kinds of Feed cheap. Will do feed chopping for $1.50 a ton. SPRINGFIELD FLOUR MILLS liiuu Hung iur out over tno can- law to N'18, It wna nffortinnn nf n linf on1 VOll bOlOW. AH tllOV KtOliltod find I . .1 I.. l . ' .... Innl.n.l 1.. A1. 11..... I i I try uay in mte summer, i no muj lumu tw mn I tiny train of Immigrants plod- of the trail they hml lust conw ded wearily along with wan, over . They stopped fascinated. hopeless faces turned westward. There in plain sight was their .The cattle were thin and weak, J comrade and Tramp. But what ,the horses, too weak to be rid-, was the matter with the dog?. den, trailed wearily along behind He seemed trying to get tho man the prairie schooners. It was in to go back, jumping on him, pul ithe days of the California gold1,nS I,ls IeK. and running back rush, and these wcarv. exhaust- lover uie uan, inen as it ue NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notico Ib horoby rIvuii that tho un doralgnod Iiiih boon appointed by tho County Court of I.uno County, OroRon. ndtulnlHtratrlx with tho will annuxod of tho oHtnto or JaniOB A. Kbbort, do coaaed. All persons having clnlmu ngalnsl said oatnto nro horoby noti fied to present the same duly verified and with tho proper vouchers to the ed men had started out hopeful ly for the distant gold fields. But The Springfield Planing Mill Company Manufacturers of SASH, DOOHS, MOULDINGS, BRACKETS, TURNING, STAIU BUILD1NGG, Extension Tables, Drop Leaf Tables, IiUreak fast Tables, Kitchen Cabinets, Cupboards, Safes, Step Ladders, Fruit Boxes "erry Crates, Folding Clothes Hacks. IF YOU HAVE NEVER TRIED The Springfield Creamery CHAS. BARKMAN, Manager Try is and be convinced that it pays to patronize home industries. m 4 SPENDS ITS MONEY AT HOME The Lane County News divided its expenditures last year, thus: Supplies bought outside of Spring field, including paper and now machinery 20.4 p. Q. Supplies bought in Springfield, In eluding rent, etc 19 L p. 0. Payroll, entirely In Springfield 60;5 p. C. 50 Spent, at Home t i. ELECTRICITY For light, heat and power. "Made in Springfield." Oregon Power Co. IldtulnlHtrntriX nt till) Vlrnl Mntlnrml elding that ho must do somc-HIn,lk "(Springfield, Oregon, within thine anyway he turned and ran S.,',"0" ."!? '?,"Llho ' "t0f 11,0 ,lrHt -rf o ..v . m . , , , . , imuiiuuuuu Ul IIIIH UOULU, they had lost their way in the'as fast as ho could back to Dato of tho first publication of this desert, and after wandering .camp. ; notice Soptombor 27, 101B. around until their provisions 1 Pretty soon a badly wounded Al,ni,llu,rn?in"1A,!uF MO""B. were almost exhausted, had fear came lumbering along -tho JT&Xu were once more headed west. traI1 and Jl,st heforo reaching ; deceased. M 02C But their enthusiasm was gone.ltne me. fel1 over dead. With j They were not anxious to reach shouts of Joy they rushed to- notice for publication the gold fields now, but only to wards It for here was meat Department of the interior, eet out of the pihIIprs iiinnnf- enough for all and Tramp would U. S. Land Ollico nt Ilosoburg, Oro- Znna nmm.ranbi..n i not have to bo killed. When tho aopiomuor u, loie. away from the burning, scorch- men, reached camp they found ling sun that shone down upon :i0 S 'yK dead at tlio moutli mercilessly. 01 u,c cave, wnicn was microti' itlipm sn iiiprpilpRslv A somber, dun-colored cliff iwlth fur and provisions. .rose In front of them, rocky and ( barren, save for here and there i a lowering cactus or a scrubby I sage bush. Their prairie scho- oners tipped dangerously In the I narrow, rocky trail that led l ii. ..m re mi. i i NUIUUIIU Lilt,' Cllll. 1HUII Blll- ping place was soon reached. WANNA McKINNEY. THERE IS ALWAYS TIME By L. M. Montgomery, There's always tlmo to give n song A bright, bravo note or hope and cheor; Notice Is hereby given that Richard G. Hall or Bluo Illvor. Oregon, who, oh Octobor 14, 1010, inndo Homestead En try, Sorinl No. 00070. for tho NV4 of 8B, QVZVt of SEVi, and NI3V of 8V'4 of Suction 1, township 10 S. Ilnngo 4 K. AVIIInmotto Morldlan, hns filed notico or liitontfoii to mnlio FUinl l-'iveyonr proof, to estublfsh claim to tho lund abovo dcHcribod, before I. 1'. Hewitt, U. 8. CommlHfllonor, nt hla ol llce, at Eugene, Oregon, on tho 25th day of October, 191C. Claimant names nq witnesses: Stoven A. Landers, of Bluo Ulver, Ore goii; Albert It, Atismon, of Bluo Itlv- Mechanically the men unyoked There's always tlmo to give a strong or, Oregon; William Ne'sboth.'of Blue j , m WANTED Another Springfield industry to place their card in this space. ' " the oxen. Mechanically they watered theme from their scant store of water and turned them loose with the horses. They did !not attempt to corral hetm for they knew they wero too weak to stray far.. Then for fear of marauders they carried their provisions into a small cave near by. After their scant supper they sat around the mouth of the cave discussing their well nigh hopless case, and trying to de cide how they could make their, nrnvlftlmiR Inst lontrpr. Thpv illfl not have enough to get to Cal ifornia. Just then a tiny dog, thin enough to bo a living skele ton, thrust his hot, dry muzzle into, tho face of a man lying just outside the group. This was Tramp, the sole consolation of the men. As they looked at him the same thought struck eaoh man. They looked silently into each other's faces. . "Yes." said one at last, 'T guess we'll have jto do it to save ourselvesiH Poor Tramp's rate was sealed. None Handclasp or fellowship sincere; No matter what our haste in ay bo, Thoro's time to smllo-wlth sympathy, There's suroly nlwayu tlno to loyo, Though busy be our eifger days, Small kindnesses, n troasttro-trove, To scatter on our hurried ways; Yea, there is always tinicto do. Swoet, tondoV'' deeds our llfetlmo through. ' There's nlwayfi tlmo for tin to see Tho buautjlgf tho earth nnd sky,,4 The BhadowBon a clover. lea, " v Tho Bunuel'tjnor empurpling dyoj And tlmo to Joy In blossom" blow4-4 ' Dear Qod, we thank Tlioo this lu bo I Toledo Ceo. W. Moore Lum ber Co., resumes operation on 10-hour day. NOTICE'pOR "PUBLICATION (Department of the Interior,) U. S. LnndiOdlca nbtllosoburi;. Ore, gorii October It, 1D5 f votico is norony gion mat sanuiord Lenchf'oWlda, OrogonJ who, on July D, 1P10, mado Homestond Eutry orla Hlvor, Urogon; I'eary O'Brien, or Bluu liver, urogon. . J. M. UPTON, ftnw-Oc21 ,it ReglBtor. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Depurtment or tlo Intorior. U, S, Land Olllce at Ilosoburg, Ore gon, Scptombor 20, 'iDlS. "Notico is horoby given that Robert H. Nosbltt, or It. K. T), No, 1, Crcswoli, Ore, who, on Novombor 4, 1913, made Adjoining Farm Homestead Kntry, No, 09170, for Lot C, .Section 20, TowiiBhlp 18 sYuarigo 2 W,(Yiliamolto Morldlau. 1ms filed notico or intonllon to mako Jflnnl, Commutation Proor,;to. oatabllBh clalni to tho land ubovb described, bororo I. I, Hewitt U. S, Commis sioner, at his ollico, nt Kugono, Oro gon, on tho 1st day or Novombor, 101C, Claimant namos us wltnossos; Tlioma J. Klllott, ot Jt. P. D. No. 1, Croswoll. Oregon; Lovi Cnslomnn, or It. i- D. No. 1, Croswoll, Oregon; Prod Cook, or It. P. D. No. 1, Croswoll, Orogon; Honry Ndsblftor It. P. D. No. 1, Cros- wftllwOrnL'nn. ' inw in n. 6b !Sv A i -j( m, UPTON, fi I .. i.