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About The Lane County news. (Springfield, Lane County, Or.) 1914-1916 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 17, 1916)
THE "NEW " ? A&VENTURES OF i . J. RUFUS WallingforI (Continued from Pago 2) everything we get you ovor"S5,OOOr "I'll give It to anybody you say," re turned Closby, puwded. "IIV? a bargain. Closby, you wouldn't mind helping saw off something on the city of Spanglervllle. would yuu?" Henry Closby grinned. "If 1 could piny it mean, contempti ble, low down trick on this town be fore 1 go I'd die happy!" The flat eyed proprietor Himself brought the lec water to Ulacklc Daw's room. There It was. sure euough, the thing the chambermaid und the bell boy had reportiKl a big. black bos on a camera tripod, with n twin lens In front and a mass of wheels and levers and pulley belts on the side. The pro prietor, ice water In hand, looked at it until his eyes bulged. "What U. that dins;us?' he nsked or the tall, solemn gentleman with the pale blue whiskers, who stood at the window with a telescope In his hand, looking out through the small end. "It's a sleuthograph." reported De tective Daw. "Look III." Ice water still in hand, the proprjetor looked Into the sleuthograph. and be fore his widening gnse a silver dollar slid out from a hole In a black velvet background and slid up out of sight lu the top of the bos. "Gosh!" muttered the proprietor and Jerked back as he found Blaekle Daw . looking solemnly til at the lenses over his shoulders. "What does that mean" Detective S. Holmes placed a long, lean finger to his right temple and thought Ho added a long, lean linger to bis left temple and thought. "It means that some one In this town : is making money In secret" "Gosh!" gasped the proprietor. "Who -do you suppose?" "The sleuthograph is working on that xlght now," replied Detective S. Mr, lloylcr mid Mr. Kcrr.nnd Mr. Beor pluo nllowcd Mityur Snwborry to tako up n position about, two feet lu front of them. nml. In solemn. array, tints held formally across, their loft wrists, , j they nwnUed the attention of the pro prietor. , v. , I Mr. Closby enme forwnrd with Beaut grneloysness. "Wulir he demanded peremptorily. I The mayor cleared his throat- "Wo represent Spanglervllle. the people nnd , the city council)" ho began sonorously and locked buck at his followers to I sco If they were properly supporting lilin. His eyo was attracted luimedb ntety to one of the show windows, however. against the pane of which , was flatly pressed the nose of a fnco otherwise entirely concealed by n mill jntlng pink benrd of tho most Inllnui , mntory anarchistic type. Needless to say, that face was Illacklo Daw's, j "Very well." responded Mr, Closby, 'his gate also roving to the fnco In tho . window, each eye of which nt that moment successively winked shut, "it 1ms como to the ears of tho elty council that you ha-u found tho elty ' water of use. necessity nnd profit In an art manufacture known as glared j Inlay. Is this allegation true? I "It has also come to the cars of this j body," went on tho mayor, "that you have made over $10,000 froln this pat lout In less than three years and that ! vou'ro taking in from It over .".OOO a i year. Is this allegation true?" "I refuse to nnswer." I "You don't need to." retorted tho mayor warmly. "The city council has mcnt nnd slipped a little white note absolute proof." It was almost Itu Into lll.ickte's hand and elbowed his possible nut to look again nt that show way In front of the, lens for a peep at i window, but Mayor S'nwberry uecom- Blackie's Actions Wcro So Openly Mys tcrious. I "It's a cleuthograph," reported Detec tive Daw. "Look in." Holmes. "It reads the sun. the moon and the stars and possesses all the se crets of the seventh book or Moses and all the wisdom of the seventh son of a seventh son. Hist! Look!" Down across the velvet background of the sleuthograph slipped a white letter and rested at the bottom or the box, and that letter was the letter "H." "Gosh! Where's the rest of It?" "Coming!" replied the blue whisker ed detective excitedly. "The next let ter should be here In ten or fifteen j minutes. Maybe all of the name. For only nu Instant the proprietor's flat eyes tnred. then suddenly he slammed down the pitcher of Ice wa ter and daflied out of the room. Blaekle Daw hurried to the connect ing door nn.l threw it open "For tbrt love or Mike, .Ilm. It i works!" ho exclaimed, choking with laughter. "These hicks will swallow anything, fcend the girls over, quick, to post Closby!" "I can't believe It." chuckled Wal llngford. "I guess the girls had better como bacli and corroborate, so there wou't be any hitch." ' "Fine!" agreed Blaekle. "1 shall wear purple." Blaekle had hardly more than ad justed the curling purple whiskers than there was a knock on his dooy. The proprietor was back again, and with him were tho maycr and three city couucllmen-Mr. Boyler. Mr. Kerr and Mr. Scorplne. "Any more letters down?" excitedly demanded the mayor. "Hist!" returned the purple detec tive. "I haven't looked." "There's an 'U and an 'N' after the 'HI' " huskily reported City Council man Kerr. "Henry. 1 bet you!" A mad scramble ensued In front of tho lens, and mad excitement eusued as an "R" dropped down. "Henry Closby, I bet you!" guessed the mayor. "Walt, gentlemen," counseled tho solemn detective. "It may not be true." And be held tho "Y" of "HEN RY" for fully flvo minutes, while be listened intently at the hall door. At last there was a rustlo and a sup pressed giggly and Blacklo touched the push button on the back of a chair, nnd the letter'."!" fell down, then a "C" and an, "I t , . Walllngford ttlpto&t Into the room during the tension, of that .great mo- the sleuthograph. "It Is as wc suspected." he an nounced, nud Just then there clattered down the letters "O" "S" "B" "Y." "Gosh!" breathed the proprietor. "Henry Closby! I said so!" Indig nantly stated the mayor. lu the evening as soon as It was properly dark Blaekle made him a mask out of the blue cambric, went back through the brickyard, climbed up on Closby's high board fence and sat there smoking through a hole In his mask, absolutely motionless other wise, for a solid hour, whllo the popu lace nuiveriugly watched. Blacklc's actions were so openly mys tcrlons that Mayor Sawberry himself came to Walllngford In protest on Wednesday morning. "Your man nolraes la mighty care less about his disguises." he complain ed after having duly Introduced him self. "Hcury Closby's bound to know who he Is and what he's hanging around for." "Exactly." declared Walllngford. "My assistant's actions may seem strange to you and to Spanglcrvlllo no doubt" "But what good docs It do?" persist ed the mayor. "Look at this letter." Insisted Wal Hngford calmly. He handed Mayor Sawberry a letter i.notln.. thn Imulnfw enrd nf 11. F. Till tie nud addressed to nenry Closby j The mayor opened that letter with no ( more compunction than if it had been an advertisement addressed to himself ' fie rend as follows: ' My Dear Mr. aoslff-l take pleasure in catlinu your attention to the fact that ' your royalties nre steadily Increasing, be- ' ins S'SS.) for this month, an Increase of nearly J1S0 over last month anil of over 1 J23 above.tho month previous. Your tat est shipment looks very promising. Dy ' the way. I think you had better send me ' a sample of the Spanglervlllo city water for analysis. The mayor laid down that letter out the table before him nud viewed It I with bulging eyes, "no's been using the city water!" he puffed. "Exactly." agreed Wnlllngford. in speetlng the absorbed mayor with sennt liking. "Your water possesses some delicate, chemical property which makes It highly valuable to Mr. Closby in a secret process or art mannrncture This letter shows Just how valuable." The new letter was from a New York bank, and the mayor opened It with fingers which trembled from Indlgun tlon. It read: My Dear .Mr. Closby As per your re quest, we lncloao herewith an Itemized statement of the amounts deposited with us to your credit by your ngent, Mr. Tut tie We trust that, by comparing thfs with your duplicate deposit slips, you will be able to locate the silent discrepancy between your estimated balance nnd ours Within, on n long folded slip and complied by an adding machine, was a statement of steadily growing month ly deposits, extending back over three years nnd totaling to over 10.000. mostly invested Jit bonds To say that Mr. Sawberry was horrl fled is putting it mildly. "And we trusted that man!" he de clared In sorrowful anger. "What does he manufacture?" Impressively Walllngford produced from behind the bureau the Illuminat ed checkerboard nnd placed It before the mayor. By its side he set an eb ony box, lta lid and sides apparently Inlaid with glass, in elaborate Louis Quinze decorations. Tho mayor's sorrowful Indignation Increased. "And ho nover showed these thlugs to Spanglervllle!" he com plained bitterly. "Never once," agreed WnlHngford. "Why. these things could ha ye been mado the city Industry und a great at traction at your Saturduy festivals. All your unemployed peoplo could have "ecomo artists and tho city council frown rich from their well paid lubor on this beautiful glazed Inlay." A nervous little dark skinned man was in tho storo with Henry Closby and concentrated, with penny pursu ing Intensity, oa. books, invoices, bills and receipts when a committee of four members oftho city council, Including tho mayor,, entered 'with, "much pomp and ccrcmonK rlW'- -V In deference'td; hUrofllclal'rcapaclty pllshed it nud gazed stonily out through the back door at the high hoard fence. "Now. the city council, which only wants Its rights, Mr. Closby, hns de cided on this; It will, take over the manufacture of the glazed Inlay, make It a municipal enterprise, charge you nothing for the use of our vuluu bio resource and pny you . jj fair nnd reasonable royalty on the, output. The question before us for dlspilsslunato and friendly argument ls,What'Is the least royalty that will satisfy you?" A foud light kindled lnUenry Clos by's eyes. , "I have been waiting forthtimppy moment" ho gayly Informed'thom. "You may havo It Itjvillcost you exactly $00,000: no more, no' less. Thanking you one nnd all for your kind attention, I bid you n pleasant good morning." The mayor and the committee wcro speechless with rage, surprlso and ainoyVtTBred'tnrrImish.,iH '' "f uiiNMimtiMNMkiipifct NA ' SWU, fealty. , . . . a ., "W Closby nud IlhieUlo.lllliuj pp.. NaLBiaM nnd Ik1 lot. HMtlati 34. fcatno answer! ' Ifovlttl lilm uiitl miulylnk lii frloiiilly na- -rownllirt-10B. llntiico SM. Vlllainfftl miration tho whiskered fnco of tho set inukbnp. dashed Ih iipoii tho'wSr- nrtlJtWWlfo siunlciHllsrovcry. rld cltv council with another stolen tel. J'W HWI ti week Into In n&nlit: It U'liu flim I'lilMtm Wi'il uiil.il trltH'ttf 'ClllcngO. TlrOll'l VOII7" f 1 T pi I red! your he Hi- Shall you plcnuo coma to lie 8. Clark 8t, ? ANTONIO BCICIILATTI. yTtmt telegratu settled the business. Tito mystery of It was whut did tint work, Just thirty mluntos before tho bank closed tho elty council accepted Henry OlOsby's offer of $00,000 cash fur his puttftitjti tho process uf tanking glazed Ihlay.liuid fit his written ngteoJ tueut never to'euguuo In that or n hIiiiI lur enterprise ns long na ho lived, nor to sanction such an cutcrprUe. A(so, nt tlioli illrtiitlnn Iik wmtn n loiter tu Mr. Tuttle. advising that nrt ngent of j ""'dy face now turning scarlet nn ho the siile. and that tho (Hazed Inlay glnmed at the ladles, henceforth and forever was the tiroo-' "T explain the fatal mystery," ro- ' "I low dn vim l:li(iv?" ulmi'iilf' imliitil Closby, Wiling on hint n senre'ilViuu.' tcimiicc. "By tho Htrcniis of niHt In your chin chillas." htllglied IllncUle. tickled Hit- iiiensurnhly with his discovery. "Am l,ii in! And ho e- table, whl o Vio let glgglCd' und Funny Inuuhcd and Aunt I'ntl.v blunted. YUiero are you go ns?" demanded up nl.-m, his usually ... i-iiii ii nil inr I sonio detective? Jumped 'jufl from the you Closby, Juluplng erty of tho Spunglorvllle city council. illcforo the 7:110 pulled out that night vynlllngford. Blaekle and Henry Closby sat lu thu drawing room of tho War den ladles counting money. "Sixty thousand dollars." announced Walllngfortl, beaming at the pllu of bills and turning n triumphant glanco ut Fanny. "Hero's Mr. Closby's live, thousand, nud hero's fifteen thousand to the. expense fuud, and here's Hpati' glervllle's forty thousand contribution to tho restitution fund," and lie hand ed the thick packet to Aunt Putty with n pleasant bow. Blacklo said nothing. He was grin ning serenely Into the bine eyes of Vio let Warden, and she was gazing Into the blavk eyes of Blaekle. "Thu committee!" suddenly cried Fanny. There they came, pounding down from the olllcht) bus, the mayor ami his three closest euuuellmen. "Wo want Henry Closby to sln this telegram!" puffed the mayor breath lessly. "The city council 'II pay fur It!" "Gentlemen, you have mudo ti hid eous mistake." Walllngford suld us ho handed the mayor tho telegram. "Mr. Closby him uevor made u penny from tho glazed lulay, nnd he Just refused to sell the patent to ti furniture factory becuuso the best offer ho could get was tilled Macule. "It'll sting thetn worse tint ti anything." "No. you don't!" cried Closby, start ing urter him. But lllaekle had al ready passed Wnlllngford at the door and was leaning out over the platform while the conductor was swinging his lantern. "Antonio SeerhUtl!" ho culled .In chw rlon tones. "Bobber!" yelled tho 'committee as Henry Closby laid Imlil or lllucklo's eoattnlls. r "Hist!" shouted Blaekle. "I know llonry Closby's secret!" Closby reached farther and grubbed Mm by thu shoulders. j "Antonio Hccrluttl'" shrieked Blnclilo as the train moved away, j "Yes?" ent'iiurnged the mayor, ipilv 1 erlng with eagerness, i "He Is an Italian!" .veiled Itlneklo j and. laughing hlmseir limp, allowed ! Hcury Closlty to pull him Inside. I "What's (Tie fuss?" nsked Wnlllngford as he followed them buck to the table. Closby grinned sheepishly. "S. Holmes had me seared stlrr." ho confessed, blushing, and he revealed the dork secret of his life. "He made I me think, that he was going to tell the olllclal gossips or Spanglervllle that I'vo been going to Chicago every two tvnnl'M fill- Ilm lltldl fill-tut Vmiru III hilVrt trrm l i.,... ..... . "" I ..... . vw. . ...... .u, ....U..UHWU.. ..u... " Ant0o scerhtttl dyo my whiskers." i It's a lie!" gulped the mayor. "You can't fool us! Wo seen bis bunk state ment!" "Those receipts consisted entirety of royalties from tho sale of plaster dogs," Walllngford suavely explained, "From wbnt?" gasped tho mayor. "Plaster dogs," repeated Wnlllngford calmly, and from his pocket ho pro duced a copy-of tho caulue whose for- lornucss had started Henry Closby on j me ronu io a comioriauio ronuue. Tho consternation on the faces of tho Another advtnturo next week, SEE THIS STORY PICTURIED I2ED AT THE BELL THEATRE WEDNESDAY AND THURS DA YNIGHTS NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Department of thu Interior V. S. Land Olllco at Itosoburg, Ore gon. January G, 191C. Notice lu hereby given thnt Jonoph Murldau, ban lllod notice of IntontloA' to inoko Final Thtoo-yuar Proof, to establish claim to tho land Above dp. Bt rinoil, before I. 1'. Hewitt, V. H, Coik mission, nt hln olllco at Kiu:eno. Ort- gun. on, the 18th day of Fobrunry, 1911. Clnliiintit iianiuH us wtiuunsos: .loan llonnto, lhigoiio, Urogon; Louis Tnto, of Vliln! Orogoti; John Low, of Vhlu,. Oregon i Oluuliin Nonl, of Villa, Oregon. J. M. UPTON, Jim. (l.Foh. 10 ItuglHtor. ADMIN"l8TnATOrtO NOTICE 1 Notluo In hereby given that tho un derolKiuul has been duly appointed byf tho County Court of tho State of Oro goii for Latio .County, administrator? of the Kstato of Mary U, Hoeneko, do-t eoasotl. j , All imrsoiistinvlnic clftliii ligalnst said osutlo uro huruby uotlllod to pro svnt the BttinOi propnrly verlllod, to tuo nt thn oliico of Frank A. DoPun, In BiirliiglUihl, Oreitnii, within nlx months from tho ilato, hereof. Dnteil ut Hprlng-i lluhl, Orogou, January 4th. 1010. 1 J. J. HMtTHON, A,li,ilnllriiliir nf t lut nut it t it nf MnrvW Knmittko, deeuased. B I 1'ruuko A. DoPue. Attornoy for entnto. Dato or first publleatlou Jan. n, iuio Inst publleatlou, Fob. 3, 1010, NOTICE FOn PUBLICATION Department of the Interior, U. H. lnud Olllco at ItoHoburg, Ore gou, Doceinljor 10115. Notice Is herohy given that William A Taylor, of J.nndnr, Oregon, who, on. Deuombcr 21. 1012, inmlo Homestentl entry Herlul No. 0S288. for HWU; Hoc. tlon :iL Township IDS, Uuiigo 1 ISast Will. Morhlnn, linn filed iiotho of Inton-' tlon to mnko Final Three- year Proof, to establish claim to tho land, above described, before I. P. Hewitt, U. 8. Commissioner. Kugene, Oregon, on thu Uth day of Fohruray. 1010. Claimant names as witnesses: Loyd McMastor, Lowell, Ore,; Orn Carter, of Uiwoll, Oro.! Lnnzy Winfrey, or Lowell, Ore.; Frank McMnstor, of Lowell, Ore. Dec. 23 Fob. 3. M. UPTON. Iteglslor. Classified Ads For Sale, Rent, Wanted, Eto. Wnuiiflnlil nf Vliln flrctirflfi wlwt nil four members of tho committee was August 1. 1911. mado Homestead Untry FOIl R1SNT Furnished hotiac kooplng rooniH. Call E. II Loo, Second Hand Storo. 8 8 If ndsiSlKiYol rltiK with letter "IV. Finder plotiBO leuvo nt News olllco. 01 LOST White kid Klove, black HlltchlnK. Finder leuvo at tho News olllco. 91 r I BviT IF ra&ee in 3D 3 .3 ,m i Patronize the Payroll of Your Home Town rin&'field The P Fine Line of Box Goods, Fresh Mado, Put up to Your Order. Hot Drinks, Ice Cream and Soda Water. Eggimann's Candy Kitchon "We represent Spanglervllle, tho people ' and tho city council, the mayor caid. many other emotions too complicated to assort. Some vigorous denunciation might nevertheless have come from some or them If there hnd nut appear ed nt that moment uliove the board fence n face wearing yellow Iun dreary's n foot long nnd a pair of huge blue gosgles. .Needless to say, that face belonged to Itlm kle Daw. and the mayor was so disconcerted by the sight thnt, with a parting pun or hlo cheeks, he turned und stalked rapidly out of tho store, followed by the entire committee. They were not to escape so easily, however, for Just nt the corner of the alley the tireless detective, now wear ing a flawless Vandyke, met them with three separate hlsts. "We are on his trull." he declared "ne has sold his store nnd collected the money. He leaves tow'n tonight on the 7:30 train, never to return. He will tako tho glazed Inlay patent with him." They bad intended to dicker" with Mr, Closby for as many weeks as might be necesuary, but Illackle's lat est news rather upset them. If Clos by hud sold bis store, and was going away that very night, never to return, they were quite likely to lose forever a municipal enterprise, based on Spun glcrvillo'fl ouly valuable natural re source, which already paid u profit of nearly $20,000 a year, to which must bo idded tho immense revenues to be de rived from applying tho wonderful glazed Inlay to furniture: As the result of their deliberations tho city clerk was seut to .Mr. Closby with an offer of $10,000 and u royalty for his patent, Tho city .clerk came back with a counter offer of $00,000 cash. .Tho city council pffored twenty thou, sand und royalty. , j The answer was the same, -. ( : Springfield Bakery : Bread, Pies, Cakea, Cookies, etc. Wedding and Party Cakes a Specialty S. Young, - Proprietor I iy &. try " 1 V ' m 4f4, 4,t ( Spends its money at home The Lano County News divided Its' expenditures last year, thus: Supplies bought outside of Spring field, Including papor and new machinery 20.4 p. C. Supplies bought In Springfield, In cluding rent, etc 19.1 p. C. Payroll, entirely In Springfield 60.5 p. C. 80 Spent at Home A . ' ' m , , Baled Hay OAKORE KNOXALL For good values, For good broad, Use Ilukoru and Knoxall Flour. All kinds of Focd cheap. Will do feed chopping for I1.C0 a ton. SPRINGFIELD FLOUR MILLS The Springfield Planing Mill Company Manufacturers of sash, noons, mouldings, iirackets, TUHNINO, STAlIt HUlLDINqO, KxtonHlcn Tables, Drop Loaf Tables, IJIlreak rast Tahies, Kiicnon unmnoin, uupnoarus, Safes, Stop Ladders, Fruit Iloxos Kerry Cratos, Folding Clothes Hacks. 1,4. 4.4.4.4.4.4.4. 4 ). 4- 4. 4. ELECTRICITY : For light, heat and powor, "Mado Jn Springfield." Oregon Power Co. WANTED Another. Springfield industry to 'place ihelr card In tills space, .A,pti , . ; K