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About The Lane County news. (Springfield, Lane County, Or.) 1914-1916 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 7, 1916)
i ADVENTURES OF $ J. RUFUS WallingforD (Continued from Pago 2) us iick up a lew or ttietu. Ana vq didn't know they were Ills anyway." 'You knew they wcro not your?," snnppod Wnlllngford. anil then ho pro ceeded to show Toad an algebraic problom. He was relenting. This was tho first tlnio he had condescended to arguo tho question. Tho golden sun desccndeil behind the fringe of trees, and (.5. W. Slookum sat gazing Into the glorified west with his head craned toward the orchard. "Mr. Tushhian. paw." It was Mri Slookum, with her hands folded. "Un-bunal" Slookum grunted when Pushman declared he'd take up his note. "Business ptckln' up?" And ho sat down to bis old bookcase desk. "Fine!" stated young Pushnian, with enthusiasm. "1 fouu.l a New York Jobber to handle my goods, and he's jccplng me busy. lie takes the ten ay discount too. Al o.:t nest week I'd ko to discount that second note." With a jerk air. Slookum stopped rltlng. "You don't want to do that?"' . hastily advised. "You don't want cramp your prefacing power. I'll tend this note If you say r.o.' 'No trouble about that." And the iung manufacturer lit a big cigar. There was no hope of my getting joncy lu this town, so I've taken In .'Utsidc capital Mr. Walllngford." Slookum's head came up with a jerk. "You bo careful of that man." he warned. "He's a skinner." Just outside the fence of G. W. Sloo kum's field waited young Jimmy Wal llngford and Toad Jcssup with their caps In their hands, and the caps were filled with walnuts. No such exhibi tion of patience and spartan fortitude had ever before been given by this pair. For nearly an hour they stood, and occasionally they giggled, and oc casionally they cast quick glances over their shoulders at tkfc house, but for the most part they merely held themselves In sober waiting with an Intentness which was little short of businesslike. At last G. W. Slookum came around the corner of the house. Though he had been In plain slsht of the walnut tree and of the orchard, some uneasy Instinct tod warned him of the pres ence of boys. He took off his near glasses and put on his faraway glasses, then shrilled. "Ilcy. you. Andy!" He hurried straight down the walk nnd out along the road. The farm band came clomping up from the barn, the hard, white bull terrier stretching along ahead of him. The two boys stood their ground. "Aha: t caught you at It!" yelled Slookum. "Don't you touch us!" warned Toad. "We're not on your property." That warning wns Just lu time, for Slookum had l-e-tu about to lay bands on them. Ho know thut law of -trespassing quite well, however. The white dog knew" it too. lie leaped and jerked and barked Inside the fence and ran up and down In punting im patience, but ho made no move to come into the road. Andy leaned ou the fence just behind the boys. He was u pickled faced man. with an Indiscrimi nate sort of yellow mustache. Tut back tbuxc walnuts!" ordered Andy. "We don't nave to put em Dacu." im mediately announced Toad. Jimmy had. not a word to .say. -He stood quietly listcnlug to Toad, with a little half ss-ile. "They're our walnuts." "You K;ole 'cm!" charged Slookum. Siiddir-lv tho hlrofl lynd rpnrlipd over Classified Ads FGfSale, H3.1t. Wantel, Er. FOR SALE An apportunity you ( cannot afford to miss whether ' you need a home or are a man of means that would like to majse a few hundred dollars on a small investment. Here it is-rrA house, lot and barn, close to the business center of Springfield for $450. Just about one half its real value. ' Title perfect. Address J. O. Richmond, Newport. Oregon. Vnn R AT,F! Mp.orlv now fl.hnlp Banquet steel range with hot ! water coil and connections. Al go two small heating stoves. See' Beebe at Peery's drug store. INFORMATION WANTEDrCon qerning the whereabouts of Iglnjer and Charlie Woods who Worked at Saginaw during the summer of 1914 hauling wood Any.information would be ap preciated, Address Peder Op Iujb, Eugene, Ore, Jan. 27-13 LOpK INTO THIS At Once the y.est fractional block 58, vest end ofiD street. House barn, wood shed, boarded well 58 feet deep; worth at least $1,000. If taken at once $G00. Writs, to owner E. E. Basey, Orosi; Calif. "Look at mi; look at my friend Mr. Dsw." the Tcnce cud grabbed the caps out or the boys hands, lie dung the wal nuts Inside the Held as far as he could ami then tossed the caps outside the fence. "Now go home or I'll spank you!" he threatened. "We don't nave to go home!" Toad's voice rose In shrl'.l triumph. "This Is our road! We're part of the public! We cau stay right here as long us we want to!" For the flrrt time Jimmy Walling ford spoke. lie was not deflaut like Toad. He was quiet, and at the cor ners of his lips lurked a smile which had In It n trace of Insolence. "You must gtvo us buck our wal nuts," and his clear eyes gnxed steadi ly Into the beady ones of O. W. Slookum. "What did you say?" crackled Slook um lu astonishment "You must give us back our wal nuts," repeated Jimmy 'irmly. "We can have you nrreeted for highway robbery." "You young thieves!" snorted Slook um. "Of all the Impudence!" "We can prove they were our wal nuts." went on Jimmy, entirely un valued. thour.h the light of a peculiar satisfaction began to gleam In his eyes. "We bought them this morning at a grocery store, and there were four people saw us buy them. Here is the cheek." He produced u pink grocer's slip, bearing the single Item. "Wal nuts. 23." "Give them b'ack their walnuts!" or dered Slookum savagely. That was enough. Toad Jessup put Ills thumb ami his foretlnger in lilt mouth and filled hlu luuisriml emitted" a whistle so sdirlll that U. W. Slookum seemed to raise Html .lit up from the ground, luxtantly from among the nhrubbery across the Mde road from the walnut tree, there emerged the full n!ght force of bell boys from the Ho tel Dingle. They came running, and with a whoop. They sprawled over the-fence. There wen seven of them, but they moved so rapidly that they looked like seventy The hard, white dug wasted no lime nu consideration, lie started across the field In u straight xtrcak. and the tallest bellboy, who was thirty-two years of age and a re tired prize lighter, met him with a minnowselne. and the skirmish line parted, leaving an astonished dog roll ing on the ground nnd trying to paw his way out of that net. The skirmish line, with wbo'ips and cheers and much Walllngford Proceeded to Show Toad an Algebralo Problem. laughter, charged on tho walnut tree with lrreslstiblo enthusiasm. Clubs uud stones flew up among tho branch es like a bombardment from a gatllug battnrv. Thn tnllnsh brllhni- nniisnfl for Inst a momant to "nasto" thn hired ' hand in'the eye with n w1T oiihdnejl lint. It was tho same eye which Toad j Jewuip hnd greeted wllh n hnrd. green walnut. I , O. W. Slookum wit nt hN bark door. Vhe walnut" were gone nnd the nples ' were picked, and there was nothing to wnteh. Hut he mt there and watch , Hi It. "There's a stranger, paw." It was Mrs. Slookum, but not oven her voice was meek, in the past two week she had been aggravated to tho point of re liellloa ' "Who Is It?" The voice of Mr. Slookum wa;i particularly harsh. In the past two weeks ho had strained It Mrs. Slookum did not oven tell hlin to go nnd find out for himself. Sho had ' disappeared on tho delivery of her first I message. Mumbling and grumbling. O. V. went into tho horsehair room, and tho . stranger proved to bo none other than I Horace O. Daw, who, with his head bent and his hands clasped behind hU ' bl.iek Prluce Albert, wns stalking dl 1 ugonally across the room. I "Sir." said Horace O. Daw, "I am n much abused man!" and ho deliberately bent tho cud of his spiked mustache nnd Inserted It between his teeth. "Uu-hunh!" agreed Slookum. nud ho grinned. "1 am the victim of Injustice!" rant ed Mr. Daw. tousling his black hair down over bis forehead. "I am bent 0:1 revenge! Ilerengo. Mr. Slookutul Hovcuge on that scoundrel. J. Itufus Wr.lllngford!" "t'n-bunh!" agreed Slookum. But there was more animation lu Ids tone. "Have you or have you nit two tuort. gngc notes against the Pushman Klteu- j en Utensil comimny, each Tor 51.000 J and luterestV" 1 Mr. Slookum studied Hlacklo Daw slowly. "What about It?" he asked, rubblug his clawlikc hands over each other as If ho were trying to wring an Idea from them. "Listen!" IJlacklo Daw stopped and held one hand aloft. "I wish to pur chase those notes." Again loug nud deliberate thought on the part of Mr. Slookum. "Why?" ho nskod. "Will you sell me tho notes If I toll you?" "Well, maybe." "Then here It Is. Those notes nru lu the name of Pushmnn Kitchen Ufft))slbl company. That company has grow,n out of existence, having been merged Into The Pushman Kitchen Utensil company, now Incorporated. Since the original company docs not exist It can not take up those notes, and you can refuse settlement from any other jver son. The mortgnge can still stand as a lien, however, against the absorbing company and cau be held until such time us that company might be In tem porary dltlicnltles. Then, by thunder, I can make trouble with them!" "That's dang nonsense." crackled Slookum. "You don't know the law, or you wouldn't think up u scheino llko that. I tried it once." It was Hlackle Daw's time to pause, and he did It most crestfallculy. "You're cocksure 1 can't do that?" "As sure as gospel!" "Then there's only one other way." Olackle now sat down, with his hands on his knee and his neck bolt upright. "I'll have to buy enough stock In the Fushmau Kitchen Utensil company to vote myicuemy out of office." Mr. Slookum, who was an excellent listener, cocked his head sideways nt j that. ; "How much money would that take?" , "Fifty-one thousand dollars or more." Blncklu's reply was prompt and sharpy "The company s Incorporated for n hundred thousand, and Fushman has 'be sale of the stock. They're snap ping It up like hot cakes around town today because the company In my suit against them showed a profit even on 100.000 capitalization of over 130 per cent a year." Ci. W. Slookum gulped, and a spasm of pain twitched nt all his wrinkles. "Yes. 1 figured that out myself," he corroborated. "Well, Pushman don't like Walling ford." "I'll simply get Pushman lo sell mp 31 per cent of that stock as soon as my money gets here next week. Then I'll call a meeting and vote Walling ford out of olllco. make nivself tircsl- I dent and vote inyielf u big enough sal- j ary to eat tip nil the. prodts except C or 7 per cent. That's enough for stock- holders. I'll $how that fellow Walling- j ford!" And Ulackle, Jumping from his chair, slapped his bauds behind him ; and stalked ngltntedly across and across the room. Again there was n mug pause. In which G. W. Slookum speculated. 'You suy you dou't get your money until next week?'' bo presently ob served. "Not until then." said fllackle. . The olllco of tho Pushman Kitchen Utensil company waa n revelation when the cautious G, W. Slookum paid that thriving establishment a visit. Express wagons wero being loaded high with cases of egg' bcatcrd. There was a fresh coat of paint on tho front, nnd at the windows wero loco curtains and new shade with tassels. Slookum saw all this from across the street. loaflpg nonchnlautly In "the shade, (f. the hallway' of- a family" .suioonf wutched Jt patiently until he saw .1. Itufus AValllngfoid am) young Push man go out for lunch. Then Mr Slookum hurried over and entered the otllce. New desks, new chairs, new railings; at a high desk, keeping the books, a hnndsomo blue eyed young lady and at the typewrllor. working Industriously from tho moment ho had Btartcd to cross the street,, a JniudijQuie, brown eyed young lady '. On the desk' of tlw blue eyed one H.,ta)L..vuBo of chrysanthemums rind rmmeillntei.v ad Joining her .another tall desk labeled Mr. Pushmnn. Ncnr I ho typewriter was n largo desk labeled "Mr. Wal llngford." nud on her table ' wait it bowl of sweetheart roses. -Mr. Pushninh In?" asked Mr. Sloolt am. his eyes narrowing, I'miny Wnrdon went right ot) typing, hut Violet looked around nt ' him sweetly. "No. Rlr," sho said. "He hns gone to lunch." "Too bad!" Slookum rubbed his hand together nnd beamed paternally on tho blue eyed one. The brown eyed one turned to him nt t tint moment, nud he beamed nt her also. "Mr. Push mnn wanted me to come around and look nt tho books. Uo wants to sell me some stock." Violet looked nt him with wide o.tcn for a moment, then turned to Fanny with n troubled brow. "Do you suppose It w6uld bo nil rlgbt. Fanny?" sho Inquired, suppress ing tho triumphant sparkle lu imr oyes, I dont kuow,' hesitated l auny. "I'm afraid Mr. WnlllnRrord might not llko It." "Oh. yes. ho will. Mr, Slookum hastily assured them. "You Just wait." Penning on them archly, ho Blowly renrhed a hand . In each coat pocket nnd as slowly withdrew them. In his right hand he held a bedraggled llttlo buaeh of geraniums and In tho othct n milled bag of peppermints Ho pre seuted the geraniums to Violet nnd tho peppermints to Funny. ".Now 1 guess you two purty young ludlcs will run i out nud take a little wnlk and let m take euro of tho otllce," They hesitated. They glanced at1 each other dubiously. Then, overcoino by the tlatterlug attentions of G. W. j Slookum. they esenped his fatherly , pau ou the stioulder aud wctit out through the factory door and giggled themselves half sick, wbllo O. W. Slook 'inn plunged feverishly luto tho ofilco books. Clues he knew how to hnudlo the ladles, by vtug! Young PtiHtiman hurried Into tho apartments of J. Itufus Wnlllugford lu tho Hotel Dingle, slammed his derby i on the (able, dropped n bag on tho A - I ., 1. 1. ,1... I floor, plumped himself Into the biff chair, throw back his head and laughed rind laughed and laughed "Well, we're clean!" he exulted nnd. opening tho has. began to draw out Ha Presented the Peppermints Fanny. to' nnrUtH'tH nt innnni- iiiul fnMa flii'in on Um tii'ble. Wnlllngford. his big pink face wreath. uhijuiii iiimx uxu uu uiy una ed In smiles, leaned his arms on the CUltles with their high VOltagO table. "Xo stock left." he surmised. "Not n share! Old Slookum couldn't getjdown to mo pilck enough to beat Ulackle Luw to It, and he look the entire- dfty-two I'd held back for him. Wnlllngford. I tried two years to bring this business to i point whero I could unload It on my fellow townsmen, but I'm an amateur us yet It took that lawsuit and old Slookum's nosing luto the books to put those iiogus shipments beyond question." Ho pushed tho mon V over to .1. Itufus for distribution, then Slooli t ma market still looked good." "fortnlnlv." cnrrolmrntnil Wnlllnc- .,,11 aim was the cautious party. Yes-1 ' , ,n i.n..,,. w : erday morning he telegraphed your - V"W - n I'n i.l mill im ;ml r I m nmr lontni" ... n.tw. v..,.uu ... GOOK Oregon Power lorn "I'ollet wTFihT'uhs and I wheTTf Pallet to order 1.000 worth." "They'll have lo be new goodi,". grinned lllucklo Daw, fondling tile money. 1 "Kay, do ytiti know we've shipped Ptishumtrn original thounntid dollar' wort li of ogg healers to Paul Pollot and buck iwMityfotir times?" "And Paul paid vault every time." chuckled Wnlllugford. "However, the dividend wo declared Just before wo Incorporated got its back that money. Wlmt's here. Pushmnn?" "Suventy-llvo thounand even." Wnlllugford shook his head. Uotteit wo had to well $23,000 for thn treasury," he worried. "Hut It wouldn't have been snfo to have set aside any more promotion stock, l"lit of all, won tniie out unit .t,uv tor uexi week's shlpmenl." And he counted tho Theii wc'i take mom." lie shoved money to one side out $12,000 for expunst that money to one side. "We won't count the trlllo we lust when I turned those mortgage over to the bank this morning, nor will wo count the $.'1,000 which we nro to pay Ptul Pullet. That comes out of the expenses. We have here $00,000 to divide. After tho settlement hnd Ikmmi mnilo nnd young Pushman had gone awny .1. Itufus Walllnuford sat silently on the arm of the couch, wllh a look id deep trouble on his brow. Illneklo Daw. tossing things Into their grips for n hasty deiwrturo, chatted cheer fully, as he worked, about tho habits of the npoofcuyouug. u strange game llsh which roosted on coral branches . , iiuIcimI t, immml to ninch a.al could only be enticed by liquor. 1 "l ,,I81 ' . ' c " . L . Hwelvlng no answer to his Invitation ?'h "."V HtOOknion gO lOlllliy II to go spjofenyouuglng, Itlnekte sud denly paused. ".Vow. don't you worry about Utile Jimmy." he advised. "He's a line kid!" "Certainly he Is!" agreed Wnlllug ford. "I can lick anybody who hints that he Isn't. That kid's only smart!" "That's right." again agreed Wal llngford. but he let lllaekle finish the packing by himself and went out to joined Fannie Warden, lie seemed to need comforting. Another adventure next week. S.? U,0..,n,lSf0r.d. l!ictl,roo;rrhlay tho 2fith day.of February. 1010. , nt tho Boll Thoatro Wodnosday innf TluirSftnv J , POWERFUL TRANSFORMER INSTALLED AT O. A. C. I Tho anu.OOO volt transformor that was on exhibition for dc Unonstrntioiml purposes at tho , Panama-Pacillc Exposition, has been purchased by tho O. A. C. depnrtiuont of Electrical FJtiglu eorlngand has boon installed In frnnmor Hb appointed admin- tho College shops. Tills place of l,,lrn,or Hf iito of l.ucy C. Cran oloclrlcal nmchlnory excited a ",or- '''" ah persona having great deal of attention whenever lul,nB "n "Hl 1,10 mM ",Bt0 nro h it wns operated because of Ub,"' ' " " 1,roMnl ,ho MT' y remarkable high power and I vrmi" ,wU 1 i' propo-vouchors to spectacular action In operation. mU imintattor. at tho law It Is a vorltable.lightning maker :c,llte8 ?, ,J' M; tf,)ovu Ii,,';"0' "r;" nn.l t nlwnva tin n,1(n,l ' WW, Wllhlll BiX moilthn frOUl" tllO dtttO a considerable distance from tho high power circuit. The 3130,000 voltage Is moio than five times 'as great as that of any com mercial transformer used in I ho , Pacific Northwest, nud it in con siderably higher than any on the entire Pacific Coast with the sin gle exception of one in Call lornia. This transformer will be valu able for tests of insulators and I other equipment of the power companies operating commor daily In tho Northwest Plans nro nlronilv miilor wnir n nnu. I , . . . , UUCl le?Bwo Of UIKcroncjio Kini Throinr IW, transmission lines. A large part of these investigations will bo mado by seniors an dgraduato. students under the direction of Professor Dearborn, head of the department, and his assistants. In this way tho men will get val uable experience in the solution of problems they will meet later In their work with the largo companies. This piece of equipment weighs in connection with the oil installing, drying and testing tho transformer in the laboratory WITH and in ni'oimi'liur Homo Miuctnc- i tin' dumoiiHlmtioiiH for tho ISu ylnoorlng show Kubniui'y M mid 15, wlton It inlty bo limpootod at Ioiik riuigoi howovor, ly tho public. Tho (lopnrtinont liopus soon to add to Hit oqiilpnioiit various typou of; oscillograph!! iiiul otlior rollnoinonlH that will iiuiko tho laboratory of high tension phe nomena of any In tho Northwest. FORE8TR ANGERS TO FEED GAME AND BIRDS Tim district PoroHlor nt Port land, Oiu, has issued n circular ii,.,,.,,, n nn,.Hi nfllcnru nn? J?"Hl... .J V.. ?. !..U" .1.. '"K thorn to food glllllO nnd bll'dB M tliell l'0S)0CtlVO lOOUlltlOH (Iwv- lllg HI 01111 poriotiH, Tho National Forest appropri ation Ib llintied to tho care or IIbIi nnd gamo supplied to stock tho Forests or tho wrttom there in, and cannot bo used for tho mi milium if rnnl fm minwi niwl ,.,.,, t,Jlt.,. m... lu ' . "11. " " " ... X.j .n jiiiuoi yviiv,i MHU unii;wuiii; during the year of oxcoptlonnl HtorniB, and each forout olllcor Is ured not oply to uho his boHt effort ti to furnish inw animals and gntuo aud song birds with uih vicinity in in) iiiuir pun in aiding the work. Colgate's Perry. Talcums ICc at NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT Notice In hereby given that tho un dersigned administrator of tho utitato of John I). Iiinls, deceusad linn lllud his dual account with (ho County Clerk of Lane County, Oregon, nnd that nu order bun boon mtulo nud nntorod of irt.w.nl i!lr.irt(m llila iwillftf. iillll Hlilttlll? at tho hour of 10 o'clock A. M., for tho hearing of objections, if nny to said (lnnl account and for tho dual settle ment of said ostnlo. SQUUtK 1NNI&, Administrator of tho iwtnto Of John 11. Innls, DiiCnsod. JOHN C. MULhlfiN, Attornoy. io.r.t-iw NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notice Is hereby given that-8. W. of tho drat publication of thin Sum mons, to-wlt: within nix months from tho 31st day of January, A. I)., 1910. S. W. CHANMUU. Administrator. J yi. OKVHIIS. Attornoy for Kotnto. Jan. ai-Fob.28 NOTICE FOR . PUBLICATION rJopnrtmont of tho Interior IT, H. Land Olllco at Itoisoburg, Ore gon, January D, 1010. Notice Is hcroby given that Joseph Wukolluld, of Vlila, Oregon, who on August 1, 1011, iiiaiio Homeotend Entry Horial No. 0740G. for tho N of SWtt. NW'i of BKVl tind Lot 1 of. Section 31. Township ICS, Jlango 313, Wlllamotto ' Morlilun. linn llloil nntlr nf Intentlnn Intention to establish claim to tho laud above do- ncrlbod, beforo I. P. Hewitt. U. 8. Com mission, nt hln olllco ut Eugene, Ore gon', on tho JSth day of February, 1 DIG. Claimant names as witnesses: John Honnlo, Eugene, Oregon: Louis Tate, of Vldn, Oregon: John Low, of Vlda, Oregon; Charles Noal, of Vlda, Oregon. J. M. UPTON, .Inn. fl-Fob. 10. Register. The Springfield Garage H. SANDGATHE Proprietor Repairing a Specialty Main, bet. Fourth nnd Fifth. Phono 11 SPRINGFIELD - OREGON - th-' 'f t GAS Co.