tl i rt"r;.-l.. U...r: 'fldenco business derives from tho
I MB LflllH uUulllT nDWd improvement in railroad earn
w i
W. A. DILL, Editor and Mgr.
Published Every Monday and
Incs. These earnings seonv to
bo large only because they, fol
low years of such serious shrink
age In earnings that tho contract
uutuiuua on living
Thursday bv tho Lane County mombcred that while tho earn
Publishing Association. J lugs were shrinking capital was
added to tho property and
If tho present earnings upon pre
sent capital were, for example,
HATES OF SUDSCUIPTION
Ono Year .. - - 1.C0
Six Months (,- .75
Three monthn ' - .50
catlon. ' '
Member of the Willamette Valley
Editorial Association.
There ho discovers thaj, tho Vlc
Urn wns killed with fuinea from
a volatllo poison of the east. Ho
Is about to make known his dis
covery when ho decides to with
hold It and uso tho tiamo poison
to kill Campbell, that he may
possess Jano. On his return to
poso tho station man at t,ho
power plant woro Instructed not
to blow a ilro alarm until hojmd
boon Informed definitely the
Btrect Intersection near tho fire.
Knowledco that those woro tho
It Is to bo re- Instruction would dlscourago tho
Hiving of such ah alarm as
"Tom Jones' liottso Is on fire," 1 Now York ho finds through
with tho flremcn left In tho darklcarorul tests that ho can stuur
as to the real location of the ate a letter with tho poison and
firo. An alarm by wards, as In thorcbv bring about tho death of
to be compared with 1912 and , the past Ib too Indefinite for real, whoovor reads tho letter,
tho capital of that year and tho I Uso now that tho wards aro so' Jano and Campbell have boon
fnlluro of earnlnca bo considered! largo. Firemen would havo. a IMuk hniroih uiUll Cunmboll ro
tor the two intervening, It will bo 1 hard time locating an lusldo, fire colves tho poison Intonded for
'found that there Is nothing un-jln any one of tho wards. What ( Campbell. Strong becomes par
I usual about tho present earnings j thoy must have Is doflnlto Infor- tlally paralyzod and Campbell
land that tho railroads need them Unntlon as to tho location of the picks up the letter. It fltutos
THURSDAY, JAN. 13, 1916.
PROSPERITY SPREADING
badly.
"Speaking or tho good will of
tho public, It has been evidenc
ed In their attitude with respect
to the suit to separato tho Cen
inu t-iitunj 11 um uio ouuwiuiu n jot or fun criticizing tho Eu
fire, and that as early as possl
ble beforo It has broken out
tho roof if possible.
Pacific. My visit east was In the
first place to attend tho final
hearings before tho United
In a general review of bush
ness conditions throughout the
c""?IdentVn?ASp" 6 States District Court which sat
01 me ouuuicru jtuuuu; v.um- m gfc Louis jn the first woek ,
pany, upon his return from alDccomuer. It Is needless to sav
month's visit in New York, pre- 0ie Court ave our sUle a full
ct??HiaillUth1riS?V!lenrins. w Tit did also to the
the United States will find itself Government We found nothing
m a 3ureiiBuiiiu V.-UUUIUU11 in the proceedings to modify our
commercially and financially LonvIction thnt tho Defendants
flint Ktrnnir linn lwnn liitlmnto
' . . I I . T -11 1 . . I
wuii juiiu. vuuiiiuuii uui-uuiua 1
infuriated and Is about to strike.
Strong when tho latter topples
over, striking a chair and bus-!
tabling a fracture of tho skull, i
cono wntor bonrrt for Us nrtlnn a mam Hearing mo aiiorcnuon,
1
In buvinir the distributee svs- " seeing vampuou Binri 10 .
torn of the Oregon Power com- striko Strong, summons a pollcc
nanv. No nreat amount of in- Campbell Is nrrcsted for;
terest scorns to havo been raised . ,mird0I triQl1 and convicted.
as yet.
with respect to the rest of the
world. President Sproule said:
"I found business in the east
in a flourishing condition. The
general story is all hotels crowd
ed to the limit, theaters doing
an overflowing business and res
taurants everywhere gay.
In this caso are in the right and
right will prevail."
NEED SOME AMUSEMENT
The county fair board is con-
' sideling very seriously the mnt-
"Trade in war supplies has ter of eliminating the racing pro-
stimulated the steel, copper and 'gram from the attractions, on
ammunition business to an un- the ground that the expense is
expected extent. This trade has I too great The move seems to
broucht a creat deal of money be' a wise one. It is true that
into the country with expxecta
.tions of a great deal more. There
has always been an active mar
ket abroad for food-stuffs. All
this is stimulating to the activi
ties of this nation everywhere,
includng the Pacific Coast, for,
when the east is busy and pros
perous, the markets for the pro
ducts of tins coast are active.
The general commercial busi
ness of the coast is also stimu
lated for when the rest of the
country is busy we by sympathy
and interest are busy.
When the war is over (speed
the day) there will doubtless be
some readjustment following it,
but even then the indications
are we will find ourselves in a
strtngthened condition commer
cially and financially with re
spect to the rest of the world. I
do not mean that we can jump
into the imperial position the
optimist predicts. The optimist
a lot of people are interested In
horse racing, but on the other
hand there are others who do
not care particularly for this
form of amusement.
Some diversion, however,
ought to be provided. Fair time
is holiday time, and the people
who go, do so, partly for the
purpose of observing what oth
ers are doing, and (learning from
the exhibits, but many more go
because the crowd goes, and to
see and do the things that oth
ers are doing.
We recall one of the most suc
cessful of the Industrial exposl
tiosn, neld in Portland along in
the 90's. High class musical
and athletic attractions were
staged in the central music hall,
and they were attended by peo
ple in thousands. Later in the
evening these .people -traveled
back and forth through the long
aisles of exhibits, watching in
is of value, however, because he tently the machinery displays In
leads us n the right direction, motion, ana taKing a nice inter
though it would not be safe to est in the still displays,
follow him too far. I
An important part of the im-' Just a suggestion in regard to
I Jano lenms of tho poison that
I Ross used to kill her husband,
and steals Incense from which f
tho polsonoim vapors arise, and j
laboratory notes from tho Ross I
apartments. That night she In- j
vltcs Ross to her homo, nfter u J
spurious confession of lovo fori
him. She secretes a police cap-
tain and doctor in her homo and j
tells them aho Intends to provo 1
turns home unexpectedly and j
finds I-Ienrv Strong and Jano in )
a supposedly compromising sit-1
uation, which they explain away.
Ross telephones Jano of his ar
rival and she invites him to a
dinner party to bo given her hus
band. An hour before he leaves
for the Campbell home Ross des
patches a letter Addressed to
Campbell. Jane receives the let
ter and askes Strong to take it to
her husband, who Is mixing a
cocktail in the dining room. Jano
joins Ross and tho other gi:ests.
Campbell asks Strong to open
"The Final Judgment." ; the letter, which ho docs, and rc-
"The Final Judgment," pro- ,er husband Innocent. Whon
duced by the Rolfe Photoplays r0Ss arrives she lights tho in
itio., and starring Ethel Barry'- rense in a bowl. It has the same
more, the gifted dramatic act- perfume as the poison, but not
ress will be shown at the Bell the deadly effect. Ross tries to
Theatre on Sunday matinee and pempe from the room, but finds
evening, Jan. 1G. all doors locked. In the madness
The story of "The Final Judg- that overwhelms him ho confes-
ment," wlilcli was written oy ses his guilt and is arcstctl.
ueorge scaruorougn, tne orn
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liant dramatist, is briefly as fol-
lrvia
The Baptist Collcgo at Mc-
Jane Carleson. an actress "'of Minnville. will on March 1st cele-
note, Is loved by three men, MilV- brate the 10th anniversary of
ray Campbell, an assistant dls-f
trlct attorney; Hamilton Ross.J
a noted chemist and criminolo
gist, and Henry Strong, a multl- j
millionaire. Campbell wins in!
the suit for her hand. Disheart-
Presldent L. W. Riley's connec
tion with the college. Many of
the leading educators of the
Northwest have accepted Invita
tions to deliver addresses on this
occasion. It bids fair to be one
ened, Ross accepts an offer to of the most note worthy educa-
1 .assist in unraveling a mysterious ,Uonal functions ever held on the
provement is because of the con- the matter of fire alarms: Sup- murder in Moscow, Russia, coast.
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