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CHAPTER XXX
«Omflauedi
A fe* » uu«>ra farther down th« rorri
ter. la • rbamher n»->r« »umber and
«loomy I than any w« bat« •:•»«•*!. •••
Judith
Mb» I« lying bach
«n
•a ea»y rbalr. with her r*J rair L-xely
falling irvtud h«r peliid. won* fa< «•
rhe t«»r« ruil down her «her*a. at In
tergal*, in i»rge. heavy dn*p«
She 1»
• orp.i.g »ter th« a»hra
f 1« «e o**r
wre«k«-1 hopaa, at»d a lost Hf«
llratiiy
nvvr bar bn«>i» ih« »pirlt of th« night,
l<Mbug of daath
A» the night »4 »•»*-<•, the e< nl«
h«v« it «li their awn way. tailing th*
aky with profound darhtae««. 4nd th**
w »p«l* wag fier-'or
The air la (Hied with
t..a alternate »hrtah» end »«.»■• uf terr;
fled nature
There !• heavy ram. with
• kkh the monster ap*j»rt« da»l ing it. and
«■tUrhng It. and •raftering It I m gnat».
• n«> eddiee. and mi»»*«
Ktai y footstep« upon the carnage
drive. but th« tetnpost abaurba «very
Over
the
gravel,
a. »und into itself
w h ich at and« eut lightly from the t i- k
that
enroen passe« it
move* •
a«*«
laigr. «lark, lumbering objr« t
h » a
taaa. bearing another, seeming y • u«e
lee«. upon hi» barb
Slowly, «t»gg« Hitg
end swaying st time« under lhe weight
aad the wind, be advance» to the hall
There he ley» down his bunb-n.
tear.
and eeetii« t«* (»onder for a nioni^ul Then
he walk* catifioualy round Ih« bou«e,
|.M>klng up at ail the window»
There
is a faint light iu two, but aecmingiy
All a»«*m
emitted only by nlgbt tapar».
to be wleepiii»
He rautiouaiy
ui»on
the ground flwir
feat-
• tied
It« a corner of the building there
w «• a »inaller window, like that of a
pentrv
With hi« diamond ring be cut
<»nt one of the pane« of giaaa, put hi»
• rm through th« cavity and with »oiue
difficulty »urceeded in reaching the f»»t-
lia
ral eil
ruing that »ecured th« »a»h
I
r '
. s5 .. • . jr, 1 t‘
’ m ‘
Ha took
a lantern and »otn* niatche« from bh
po< ket and »truck a light
It wa» not a pantry he wa»
•mall b«-4r.».im
Paaaiug out at
he found himself in the servant»’ offl> *•
lie took "ft hl» b«*»t» and crept uoi*«
1» -sly along th» passage, until ha reached
the corrnlor
He halted at KHaa t’nrs
ton» door »nd ltetrn«d. with hie ear
s* ths keyhole
All »«*eme«l quiet
lb ascended th« etair*
A» be reach
ed the first corridor he becatoe aenaibl«
o* a strong puugt-nt odor an«! a misti-
new« In th« air, like amok«
Ho looked
• lw>ut him fur aoin« cause and crept fur
thrr along the corridor
ltcueath th«
d »vr. and through lhe keyhole of un»
of th« ro*>ina. »hone a r*d glow
Great heavens! had accident antirtpat
*«! hi« Intention?
Wa« thi» Are?
lie
turned the handle
f th« d-or It w t
. *
not lock««!,
Ill« doubt, wer« solved In
an Instant
A l«»1 y of hot. bhivl.nf
•tuok« ru»he«! into hi» face, nearly oier
lowering him
The room was In flames'
Hanging acre«» the ann of a chair waa
the body of a man. either dead *>r id
sensible
Ix»»t and a w • stricken. R«*d
well stood heiple»» and transflie«!. gat­
ing tiiH’Q the awful eight.
At that munient Judith, hurrying out
•»f her mom, appeared upon the acene.
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Mllee away, a carriage r • talnlng an
■ Id gentleman is speeding furiously a ng
the Essex road, t'pon th« tx.x are two
pnllr«tt»«n
On through th« pelting rain and the
rushing wind, beneath the shu l.iws of
•»verhanging free» and along the open
r«»ad the maked. blinded driver, acarce
ly able tu ••• a yard before him, gallop»
the horse»
m ! xm »K. look!” criee • policeman, »cd
denly pointlug ahead
There i» a glare rising up in th« l> a -k
•k>
a wavering, red glare that bright
•n» and fad««, fade» and brighten«
Hie old gentleman within, who. spit«
<>f the «term, ie continually putting bia
head out of the window to »ee w
progress 1» being made, s»-es it. too
’Easter, faat«c fur heaven's aak«!** h«
u
cries.
”l>o y«>u not ••• that fire?
must be th« Manor Hou»«, there ia ÖU
other house uear.”
What ia that dark objwrf advanr.ng
so swiftly towards them? A h«>r»e. g«l
loping furiously, darts peat Ilk« au ar
row. and 1« lo«t in the darkueM
"What 1« thatT’ cnee th« old gentlo
man. looking out of th« window again
But only the wind hears hi« voire
The glare In th« tky grow« at ronger,
nearer
Ip ria» •bower« of apart». and
up rolls th« red inioii«, and fatter aud
faster »peed th« horse«. until they wrai
running • race with th« «Ind, mat.b
tug theuiselvee against th« trmpaat.
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Judith and Rod well faca na« another
— but only for an instant
With a cry
of agony, ah« rushes tuwanla her fath
er
Th« fir« «urrouud« him now. arrv»n
lug him from all human help. The flame«
aud smoke drive h«r back with thrlr
•Torching breath.
With wild fury, eha
tun*« upon Rod well
Recovered fb>m
bis momentary panic, he 1« flying, but
•• h« reache« th« head of the «talra. eh«
1« upon him. with th« grip of a tigreaa.
aul calling wildly for help
He «truggle« fiercely, twine« hie fin
ger« In b«r long hair, and with the
other hand rains heavy blow« upon I • r
bead and face, but still aha hold« on.
_
never reaelng h«r wild crie« for help
Other cries begin tn mingle with h« re.
and th« «num!« of battering at do« re
The prisoners are amuse«! to a eense of
their danger. •• well aa th« eervant« be
low
lie will b« detected, after all. and
through thia wild cat of a woman Mod
denly there la a dull thud her vokr la
silenced he ha« hurled her over tb«
balusters
|>own th« stairs h« spring«
In th«
hall h« meets th« tw«» terrific! servant«
In their night dreaaee who ecream and
run bark
Quick as lightning he ■hnota
bark the pnmtemne bolt» of the d v.
and the nest moment la flying along the
graveled drtv« through the Iron g-tr«
ami nut Into th« highway, where he han
left hie horse, tied to a tree. One l«»««nd
end h« 1« In th« »addle, barefooted and
bareheaded
One Ieoh behind a red
glare • shining through the windows
ami away he daahee through th« dark
u « ml and Lhe rain, anr* th« bow Ung wind.
I
On. ea. aver th« opes rwtnm-a. wlere
' «hr tr*npea< rag*« In wtltvslsted f«»r>
' thee in*-ter th« »waytug gr.Mktoug tree*,
plunging into j«t deeper dark»*«« h-«n,
j down, doww^-th« »peed r*k»ubha. he is
r»pidly teareodlng, but whither?
Im-
t<rr«tr»bl« by •igi«t •• a wall of iron ia
■ tb» black gnlf h»f«>r« him
Hr p«»1h th«
reie with all bia strength l»«»t «fowe.
id«»wr» L'wn, still gallops thr h >rs» with
i awful rnptdify.
< ra«h* a k»w, pru)r«-t*
tug branch baa caught him a« rnea th«
; f««r»hra-l. ami «lash»« him fonu th« •»•
mal’a back, (here i» a heavy plash, and
i th»u a rushing »»uwl th» horse »•
t breasting the wafer another mmueut. h«
i ia « h rambling
' ridrrle«».
th* flamea
Within th« Manor II ■
are spreading r with fngbtfui rapidity
Jmlith lira in i j* n»<»<ir>nie«» heap, »nd
I two haptasa I Leins« »I* bwked will in
Ih» chamber ab«»ve.
iheir renma; Upon
«
he hr» h»s already »«-ii»«l. up«>u th« on«
l<|«»w It ia rapidly advamdng
The fire is rvmsuuitug *> l »
aid« of
I'lara'» r»w»m--it baa fa»trnr«l up<«n the
•talra ti<» on« can m«»unt them
U hu
< an «ate her now?
riam«*s «lari above the n*f»f. and
through th» windows, ami up into the
l-tack sky rise voluni«** of lurid en»>k«.
(baaing a war the darknem» and llluminat
ing evrgy ubjn t around with a fraiftil
radiance
What new figure ia this come np«Mi th«
•cena? A mat» who seem« to ha«« arisen
from th» bnwela of the earth. 1!« h»oka
strange and bewildered.
The women
catch sight of him. and. shrieking with a
new terror, fly away and rnurr upon
the »cMldeti earth, under the dripping
brasrh of a tree
11» ae»«» an am* grn»p
ing at a window frame
11» g »»• to him
Vnlock th» d««‘T the key is outside!”
cries a fsautlr «r»-.«-» w ithin.
The
stranger
comprehend«—«lashes
through the hall dewtr. which stands
wide op«n. The flames rolling down the
•talra ahow him the kev.
He turn« if.
\w hr d<*«a
he errs n srnaelr«»« woman
huddled at hl» feet. Hr does UOt re« »»g-
nit« her. but quirk aa lightning he raiM»»
her in his anus »nd bear« h«*r safely
out into th« »ir, followed by Hil»a
tfnly just In time -the flames are al
ready licking the spot «hr laid upon
”1» It Clara?” rrira Hila», frantically.
They turn over the I»ody arxl di»« lose
the death like far« of Judith.
"Wb era ia she—oh, heaven. where I»
•be? Mb« ha« p«riah««l iu th« flame»!”
exclaimed Milas.
1
A wild. piercing cry of agony rise»
They
above tb« roar uf th« element»
Standing on the ex
rai«« their «yea.
trrme edge 1 of the window »ill. with nuf-
irw«,
th«
flames
darung
stretched
■ ruun<1 her. Is i'lara
A frightful scream burets from Kila»’
lipa;
but bi» euinpaniou gra*pa his
Lauda, drags him under the window, and
stretching out b«»th their arms, shouts
to her to jump Ju»t in time thr fiatnra
cling to her dress aa »h« falls
At that moment a carriage tear« up
the drive two polh-emen spring fnun
the Loi. and an old gentleman J uni;» uut
and fall« luto the group.
riel that morning
”Marvtedl!” 1 «i I aimed “why I Fad
nut the least idea that aurb a thing was
•ver thought •f !”
“Ne mor« ha«! we. M«at»r Pitea, a
few
week»
ago
aaaw«red Martha,
bi nab i ng, “and jon know, you hat« not
ae*n ua ala«*» Chnstmaa
M- •• *■ «
tad biodi; a»ut *»» an invitati**«* to c >u*v
down ami •«*< you. I thought I would
take the libarti t>> bring Jofliah akmg
with ni», sud u aha l< a a*«rt «C tuarnag«
trip.“
I am vary n p ’ !• M ■*.! ha ere >«■«
both, and jo« «hall «riay wuh «*• f«*e
juur bnnevmorm. ‘ I •«»*!. »Faking » band
«»f e.v '
But jr«»«i n .ght aw »all Lav«
io* iced u* tn jour sreddlag ’
Marika laugb« I a:»«i blushed and the*
tn> father and Mr Jonathan «nfered th»ir
warm vvmgrwtti let loft« tu th» happ) Lrid«
•ml bride*room
li»«1 ar» v«-«i still at th» <‘urinthien.
J«-»iah?“ I inquire*!
’ N«»,“ h» antwrrel. “ftlartha baa t*r
•u*d«*l me iu relimpiUh public life, and
her father be» procured for rm* an ap
¡M Íntin»nf u|w»it th# railway a« a potter ”
A little titn* afterward«* Martha rame
to in» with a radiant ruuntrnamr "Only
think.” «L» aaid. ' that d*«r. gtMwl Mr
Jonathan ia g«»m< to «at «*• up in I**.*»;
ttraa for v • ir »ah»' A«>4 M»»trr Hita»
what «li«! I il«** to »ay when y»»u tn»*!»
•u< b a fu«s al*out the little I *'uu)*l do
for you didn’t I trll »«•«> ,*»«1 *«*llld be
riel* »««nt» «lav. »ml »hat fin» lluttga jot)
Would
for n>»?*’
But I am «»• t rich nn g. <*i Martha.”
! aal«I •nilllng 'ami it t» nut ! «h<» have
done this f«»r )nu”
It's all ih» »«m». air.” •be
very aly h*»k
tuy father Martha, and Jo-
•lab Weil
Into the hmiae.
Rut Sir
Jonathan
»nd talcing
tuy am*,
Serva» the
lawn.
**Bllaa, my lad.’* hr as fid. iu a hind
voke. thr sight of th»t ‘happy couple'
has art me thinking u ; m > u a subject I
have lung had in inf heart*
Although
I have net er mentioned if, I iiiuw all
al»out you and Clara
Mr« Wilson fold
n*« what she knew, an«! 1 have picked up
the real here and there
I have walled,
however until now
In thr first place
I wished to know jrou letter, to jtldga
of ynnr disp«o«iti»,n and tn the secund
place, although thr tire that bo«)nd you
to that unbappv woman were of the
weakest yet, after the dreadful rlrrtun
«tan< »* that attended her death, wr were
mmprllr«! In decewry to allow a «■••rtain
time to elapse I m * rr th« subject nf love
and marring«* could be broa«*hrd."
“Ab. sir.” I
answered
mourn fully,
“Clara has
t«» k»v» tn«'
She will
n«*vrr forgive thr wicked weakneaa of
my conduct in gaining her love while
another claimed me aa her husband.”
' If was very ctilpnbl».” an»%«er«d Mr
Jonathan, gravely
*an«l m any other
person I could never have pardoned it.
but your life my poor hot hne been ao
rxreptinnal. that it w«»ul«l l«r hard to
judge you by thr nilra of eirrj day
life “
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-LY*
FOR BtTTf R ROADS
PURCHASE 40 000 SHEEP
a > ****
County Spending Hundred» of
Dollar» m Uniform Work.
Albany—R*>n»e 4 the l«eet r«<d w«»rk
in Oreg*«n ia leing -lone **n the r«wul»
only.
The w«»rk ia • y ste­
of I.inn
matic and uniform throughout th« en-
l4u»t spring th« county
lire csmuty
court, in fixing apiw rtiooiivrnt of mo<*-
rva f«»r r«w»«l purpxwr«. offrre«l aa an
a l«liti«*nal inducement to build g«*«l
r««>!» that every district which by sub-
a«*ripti>*n should rai«r 9I0O w>»ul«l I*
given 9100 by th» county
Many «»f the «hstrirt* t«»«k adv an lag«»
•*f this offer, an«l not content with rais­
ing 9100. «b»ut>l«w! that amount, the
county priatucing it» pr«q«rr pro|*»rti««n.
la a result, motv money has
•pent improving the rt«a«|a of Linn
r«Hit*ly thia year than ever l«vf>«re. amt
the money ha» herti •¡'ent to s«»me
purpose. Iircauar the work ie uniform
throughout thr «rounty.
One of the action* looking to good
rt-.vds wa« the putchae«- «4 al»»ul ad*»«rn
reversible rand •» raprr«. thus making
20 In all the r..unty.
Thr preceding
Minty • nt put 9 ‘
into a big
a
•tram row«! roller, which was not
i
»ucrrai* for road» tn this county, Thia
machine was tradr«i to a «craprr i com-
panv for thr 12 marliinra
Wherever the lam! is white or <
like, the road« have I m - tii r*»un«lr
ami will n«»t !»r grave!«’»!.
They
come compact am! har«l, ami make
brat toad* in the county.
Where
lami i» low. roa«l* are rounded
with fine gravel.
Grata Outlook it Promising
Sumpter — There ia prumi»e of an
unuAual gra»« vield thi» irtam on the
Blur mountain range*
Rainfall thia
•prmg ba» l»e©n far in cKceaa i»l that of
previouw y«ar«, which, couptcl with
th«* warm weather that prevailed dur­
ing the latter part of February ami tlrat
of March, i* avroiintitblc for thi« favor­
able condition.
Cattle and aherpmrn
are elated over th«' gracing proeprete,
and ri|»ect to carry their »bak well
through the acAFun ot IÍHI.’» with I ttle
ei|»en**e of ftwd ng
The Blu«' moun­
tain ranges are »till c nrrrd with enow
on the upland», while the valley» ar«-
»bowing a g*»»!, healthy growth of
gram«. This ought to in* an a contin­
ué« I supply of graung land until the
»now again c un«» late in the fall.
Telephone W.ir On.
“And you forgive tne
darlingT* !
Albany — A* a rrault nf * petitloii to
whispered as 1 held (Tara iu my arms
”1 was never angry with you.” »he the pAcitk* State«« r«drph*»ne «’ompany,
auflwtred. »oftly
I only felt »ad. ami which waa numcfoualy aigne.l by I.inn
county patron» of the company, a re­
that I wished to die.'*
Rhe » hi mine mine at last! Nothing duction haa i»een tiiadv in tlir tele­
All»any
and
could »laud between u* n«»w save death! phone rate« l>rtwt«en
oh. th« biles, the rapture uf that mo­ Hhrtlda, Halsey, Bmwnevilte, !>cl*anon,
ment!
S -io, Crabtree and Jrflrraon, the prin-
1 am lyinr at her feet, with my I < ad c'pal towns of the county.
The rate
reefing agalnat her. and my face upturu was reduce«I frwtn 2ft ernia to I ft conte,
r«i towards her« a» I u»«d I«» in the old
and ia g«**Mi only for anberrilier« to the
day«« Th« col «ir of the »..ft summer's
night. laden with the perfume of the cine Pati tic Stat**« »y«tern. Thia !• conaid-
It ring roeea. «tesla through the open lat- err«l by many aa the lM-gtnning of lhe
tire.
Thrr* I« no light «ave that <>f war between the indr|*rndent telephone
the moon, that stream» through th« win­ line« and the Pariti« State» linea in
dow. « hequrring the fi<M»r w ith the »Lad- Linn county.
iws of th« overhanging Ira««-«
On«
broad
glance« over my darliur’a
Blue Mountain Creamery.
btad. making l>«r golden hair glivten like
Prndleton — The Blue
.Mountain
three«!» of g U. and fella full upon the creamery bn» commenced tn receive
portrait of her mother that hang» behind
cream from Vmatilla county points in
her.
Rh« Is translating the rbapaesjiea
that fill the anula of both Into love's own addition to that bring abipp*«l (r«»m the
In a abott time
language- music
Oh. those wild, paa Grand Rone valley.
aionate strains, b«>w they thrill through Charles Berkeley, who recently |»«ir-
my aoul’ They tell all th« «tory of our chatM-d a S 10,000 ranch on M* Kay
Ime »««ft,
melancholy.
mysterious-— ererb, will commrnrr milking 20 rows,
then broken by w»b« and wail* twrlhug ¡increasing t*> 3») «>r 40 thi» winter.
T
Into horror ■ nd rriee of agoni
than |G. Ilailry will milk 22 row« on hi«
melting into a »off. dreamy harmony !•*» I Wild lt«*r*e ranch, and t B Clopton a
«t«talle for jay, ?<»> boxful for aadne«« number on his farm near thia city.
— an«! so they dir away into the passion­
They are professional men <4 Pendleton
ate • lie»«« of lor«
and enlhuataste <»n dairying.
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CHAPTER XXXI
A i •oft evening iu Jun* The aky nt a
drop. cloud leas blue, aav« toward» the
w«et, where the sun ia »inking into a «»a
Not • breath nf air ia
f I
fl ’
• tirring the tree» are luotioul«»». not
| the quiver of a leaf There la a bum of
insert life in th« air, tuingl«d with th«
music of the birds. I’pon a lawn, over
which I* acattered uumrrou» flower bed«,
gay with bright colored bloaa«»ma, atret«h
ing before a pictureaque cottage cov« red
with roere. ait three men
Ou« ia young.
m»t mor« than twenty; th» *»<-«»t*d ie a
•tout, florid, teuevolent h>>king tnnn;
the third 1» thin viaagr«!, aad looking,
with iron gray hair.
Th« three mm
were I. Kila* M »rant. Mr Jonathan Hod
well, «nd rnv father
My father wa«
•peaking -“What bla ultimate intentions
could have bwu, I aiu at a bun* to un
deratand.
Probably to cast n*». in uiy
Older Than the < hlnear.
Inaenalbl* state, into the flame«“
Older wvevi than China, thr r.hlca«
“Which, it »eem». «ftrr «11, he did not
kindle.” ««id Mr Jonathan, shuddering mating nation, are thr cliff dwellings
<»f southwrstt-ni Cnitrl State«, homes
at th« remeuibrain •
of a rac* abuse very name baa ¡»rr
“That i« th« moat wonderful clrcum
•tarn*« of all
('hence, or deMiny, or Ishrd from tl*r earth
Etplorrre. ptii
whatever you please to call It. had arfu
tllng through the Manna and Casa
ally anticipate«! him. Porter muat have ft'erde canyuna of Aritotm and Nrw
overthrown hi» lamp in a state of atupor
Mexico, have found the b«>uaew of th a
Judith live«! long enough to tell how she
strange people In tbw wildrwt aud m<wt
had »e»n the fir« fir«t in her fathers
aldr*
room, am! ha lying arroaa the chair. <l»ad teacceaallte «»f thr mountain
1 »Id thr cliff dweih-ra
antedate the
or lusenaible ”
Egypt? U err they of
“1 could n«»t help pitying the unfortu­ pyramids of
nate creature.” «an! Mr Jouathan. “in blood relation to the early Inhabitants
•pit» of th« evil she bad wrought. Kha of lhe land where thr Nile 1» god*
at least d»arrv»«l a better fat« than to tk»n>e students are prepared to answer
periwh by th« brutal violence of the man
both «¡urwtlons
affirmatively* »nJ ’o
whom ah« h>v»«j eo dsvotedly ”
give what ia to them abundant proof
“I hav« often thought.” »aid my firth
er. “what a divine merry It was (hat The pottery from thrlr long wreekr»!
<»uly one of the telegrams fell Into that borne« atiggwats Eg^«t. and the few
wretched man’s hands.
It appears that Inarrlptlone found have similar »ng
the lad had put our In hl» pocket -the g«-»tluha.
Mtitutnira. bodies wrappr«!
on« ad I reward to you. Mr lt<<dw«l| and In cloth, feather» from the breast «»f
waa holding the other In hie hand, when
the turkey have t»ern dug from burial
ha ran agslnat bia master, wh«> »natch««!
pla<*ea among the cliffs and. tn txxie
It from him ami forbad« him to l«av«
th« house
Th« lad »aid nothing about and hair much unlik«* the Indian <4 tie
the other, but watrh«d bia opportunity day. there 1» a hint of rraemblance tu
to leave the premise«, and deliver it at a more oriental typr
If the cliff
the office. Th« delay, however, wa» very dweller» left any drw«*en<tenta. bow
near proving fatal to more than one of ever remote, they are doubtless the
•a.”
Mnkl and Zunl Indiana, who. rewem
“That unhappy man.” aald Mr Jnwa-
bling them In habits and appearan««.
tban, “had telegraph«^! to aaj that ha
would be with me that night.
But I • re thrlr rloMWt kilt.mrn.
felt half iwrhned to atari for Eaaex with
out waiting f*»r him, and chance th« c« n
Nothing to Regret.
dition of the buy««. Bat lo»dl* here • ra
”Ah me.” sighed the spinster as • hr
two old frieuda uf your« coming thia gave a backward ftalico at her wasted
way Rllae”
life
”1 have ari fish ly lived alone all
Much waa th« fact.
Walking up th«
pathway toward» the bou»« wer« Martha theae years and made no man happy
••Oh. yen you nave,1
re nlhnl the
Jennings and J<»«iah ('ooh.
1 bastetted to meet th« good, kind crea­ tuie be lor with the Ingrown hair, “ttaa’f
ture who had »haltered m». fed m« and you retnetnl»rr 1 proposed to you .
chdhad tn« when I wa* hnuselrae and years ag«» and you turned me down?”
destitute.
Mb« was dreaaed with un­
u*ual »marine*»-a white l>o«*n«t, a tilo«
t’nconecinwa Inawlt.
eilh dreea. and a bright colored, or rath­
Mn. Homer Im have anti.« mora of
er many coInrad. shawl. Jneiah waa alow
the Ice cream. Mi«» <• neatly!
got up In an unusual Style; hntoht green
Mi»« Guently— Ift«11. Just a little, a
satin nerhtie. buff watatruat and white
yen insist, but only a mouthful. ml ml
hat.
Mrs.. Horner Jane. Oil Mia* Guest
After a llttl« conversation, th« aerret
ly • plate up «fain.
ran*« out. the worthy pair bad ten mar
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Independence School Eahibit
Im|c|w<ti(1cnr« — The I mloprndoncw
public ach«M»l has forward«*! its exhibit
for the l.rwis an«! (’lark fair.
Before
shipping, the work was <ui display at
the school bnihiing. ami was vicwml by
a
large nutnl>rr of the ; »wren la and
fr.mda «4 the Mcholare
Each grate*«
A large ttualrl
w irk i» reprearntcwl.
m ip of the "Blur Rihlrm County"
shows tbr different product* and na-
turai rew tirera of thia sr<*li«m of lhr
Willamrtt >.
M Ca d»
A*
B
.Ms
W
Sh p II8
Carloads from Shaniko.
e • A.
•• r
h«nt — MH’anuie A r.:rg«-*« have
purchased 40,00«) slierp ami expect to
commence shipping titrm tn a f»w day*
to M-mia Hprmgw for feeding f«»r the
market.
F ullow ing are the lanla they
bought
Cbarlra IIinion, Antelope, I,»
000 head, M»<«r«’r» r. Intel. |>r. i.4«M).
Mritdvery. Antel«»pr MM). M>t'andie,
Ant« ! |«e, 2. ItM) ('baric* lavro«*, An-
tel<»|*. I.HM), Brogan. Antelope. 1,100;
Smith. ('« twb>n. l.ftOO. A Mtahl, Con­
don. «MM), T«»bry, Com!«»n, 1,900; Mc­
Intyre, Cotvlon, ftftO; J<nh
llarviy,
t -' lon, 400
Barker (
!
,41.100.
Barker,
A
Filler,
Cundoa, 2. »«00.
Itev'der A Fisbvr, .*• amk >, I. too. A.
C. Frame, Antone, 3.100
Parnbu*u»et
Antone, l,fi00
J.»hn lh4»rnton, An-
lonr. Ij.OO, Mori w A k^ivey, llay
Creeh, 4.100.
MrC<»tn. Hay Crwk.
«00; Wurawaller A Tlioin;a>>«». Prine-
villv,
; Col. Nyr,
Prineville,
t.ROO;
t. C«»lly, Prineville, IJftO;
J E Roltrrte, Prineville. MM); June*
Br«w . Prineville. ‘Op. T tai, 3»,400.
They will all l»r shipped from Shan­
iko as follows
May 21, I’» cars; May
2&, lficare. May 2*. 1* car*. May 31,
in care. June 2. Hear», June ft, Ift
car*; June M, 20 car«
Total, II* car*.
» £* .
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CONTRACTS PRUNE CROP
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Union Fruitdrier Tia» Up Co»« and
U««»on Far-n«r» for Five Year*.
t’nion —8. A. I.4»*vallr, of \II«a »y,
Or , owner of thr l hi«»n fruit drirr,
has just rl««e<Nl a five vear «*«hlr.n I with
thr prunrgrowrra of Coir and I nion,
whereby hr agree« t*» I n at
910
per ton thr entire prune rr«»p «4 tine
•wrtion. ratimatc«! at l,'.*0u tonr ;>rr
yrer
T«» aid in han«||ing thi« pr«»duc!.
a new drier will l»r ere t«**| at C«»vr in
time for thia »raaon*» crop, and l»«th
plant« will l»r run to th« ir <
f r
b I m » u I 40 day» during tbr <b* ng*«-M*<«n
Estimating the crop at I 400 t«»i»*. th«*
drirsl product will !«r 400 t«>na «right
Itring mlurrwl two-thirda by the drying
protrsa.
The market f.»r prunes is
fouml principally ftoui Col«»»a«l » e st
ward.
It will l*r arrn that the running «4
th err drier« Will mean ft revenue ra« h
year to thr growers of fr in fid ‘MMI t«>
912,000, or aUmt 9.M),000 1«. 900.000
for thr total tin*r un«ler contra« t—a
j«*ri<Ml of fl/r years
A crrtaiuty «>f a
market for prune« will stimulate their
growth, and it is fair to presume that
at the end «4 five years tl • y •« L| m.iv
l«w even greater than pre««-nt « »timat««
indicate.
E. L. Smith at Union.
(‘num—E. I. Hmith, «4 H«»»»l River,
addressed the Fruitgrower»' »** -• stior,
««! Vnion, la»l week am! w »- g^rtrd
by a large amliem«*
Mr Smith 6 »•
»1 okr along lh»vrh»pmctil bag ir lime,
billowing thia by a prwctical tslk • n
horticulture
H«* «Inelt at l«*ngth < »n
the value <»l «electing pr«q»er k>•»«!• «4
fruit, the nr««-*»ii> for ca*rfu| thinning
and spraying <4 fruit, and the need for
careful pa« king, as a wav to a certain
market at a g-<»! pro«*
IB* •»*»«•! that
farmer» must I mh «! Uyguther in their
own intrrrete.
On Malheur Projet*.
Pendlet« >n— titer
» «! «v- -fwi >n
here the Ixiard of consulting * nginrrrs
of the ret lamati«»n mt * i < ¡»-ij Hiinrd
and left for Ontario, from which plat e
the members will make a |*-re<<nal in­
venti gat ion of the land it < hided in the
Malheur pr< j«t t
V < »rding to I1
Ilrnny, one of the n>rmtw*r« of the
I m «rd, practically all the attention of
the iMjgrd w aa given to the plana for
the Malheur and Owyhee projette The
Cinatilla project »** not taken up at
all, and will not I* on thi» trip.
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Charged with Stealing Mail Pouch
W«Matbiirn — One re««ilt of Govern­
ment Inaprrtor Butler’» inv«atigati<>n
of the theft <4 lhe registered n ail
|H>urh at WiMidburn, < n April 12, ie
the arrest <4 R. J. Kiqter.
He wa»
arrange«! before Juetnw Overton on two
charge»
Hr gave f 1,000 bond for hie
appearance for preliminary hearing.
At the time the mail |»o<ich wa« stolen
Kuper wa» Routhrrn Pa« iflc baggage­
Do Combm.t Sped W..d.*
man at thia point an«t carried the mail
I’rn.llettm—K. I. Hmith, who «'ll.
Itaga from the p»«t office to the trains.
eontbinetl h.tviwu r». nay, that thr re-
|>>rt that thr combine .pre, I wrr.1. tn
Tak mg Oregon State Ceniu»
thr tlrl.l. la not a f*> t, a. thr trn.lrncy
Pendleton
— The first re;H>rte <»f the
<>( thorn machine, ia to jpuhrr the
arr<ia tn aa. la whrrr thry ran l>e trana- •tale census bring taken by th»» drputy
portd tr< tn thr l.ml and burncl. if «> a4BMMH>r» scattered ovri the ’county are
Jraird.
Mr. Smith ray. that thr coming in. A few »lays ago the waae»r
combine, arr fakir, thr plarw ot atram of the northern pari <4 th« r«»unty re­
ported that Helu had INO inhabitants,
tlirr-hrr. in Vmatilla county, thrrr
and the deputy from the Pilot R<* k
(■rm, nrrrly .’00 in thr county.
district reports that Pilot Rock ha» 210
people. Other report* will rogtinne to
Y M C A. i* Formed.
Granta 1'mw»—Through thr aasiatancr come In until the whole num Iter of
<4 Secretary Btone, of the state aaworia- ¡irople of 1’matilla county may l«r
tion. final w >rk has t«*rn done in the counted.
«•rgamiation of a Young Meo'* (’hris-
PORTLAND MARKETS.
tian asaaw'istion in this city. Thr *•*»-
elation starts out with a membrrabip
Wheat—-Club, MufMir |«er tattal;
of over 100.
ftf .vny of thr prominent
bluratrm, 00«92r; valley, iGgtVOr.
bustnr«s rnrn are interretnl in thr asso­
(>ate—No I white, |2* |«rr ton. gray
ciation, and plans are already under
92fi per ton.
way toward thr erection <4 a Y. ft! C
Hay—Timothy. IHMlfi per
ton;
A. building.
clover, 911 <4 12; grain, |lh<e!2. cheat,
• 11B12.
Loth to Loss Land Office.
Egg»—uregon ranch,
per
Independence—B C. Curry, attor­
ney, <4 Oregon City, has boon in thr <lo»en.
Butter—Fancy creamery, I7*tffi1»c.
city circulating a petition against the
Potatxiee -Oregon faory,
114| 1.0ft;
removal of the I’nitrd Mtetee land office
c »mmoo, HOdlHOe.
from that place Io Porteland.
Apple«— fancy, 11.76(012 ¿0 per bos ;
State School Fund Loan.
choice, 11 Ml 2ft.
Salem—The alate land board a few
I1o|w Choice 1904. 23>v«HtSc per
day« a»» approved application. in 22 pouml.
instance« tor the loan of thr intereat
Wool—ft alley, 24*v<|2Arj Pattern
upon the «tale school hand, atrgmgating Oregon,
17 S^IZOr,
mohair,
beat,
*31,N».
rhoi. e, 31g|32Ltc per pound
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