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M 1« >
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Belare
eto 4 • to A
The Trail of the Dead
we«, arc.r<|.ng to my rau-siabraacw.
nine e'et « that the Weedy pres
of the wind f«l«d
la lie place
came gust a fierce ami uwerteia. epees*I
THF STRANGE FXPt RIESCE
with lulls >■( reetlrse calm
lgm*raat as
I was of «'•« weatbee. I began to grow
*♦* OF DR ROBERT MARLAND
nnee«y
There eremed ■ meoare io Hi«
dark, myatertone wall of cloud Io wtad-
By B. I LI um R ROBINSON M» J
war-1, a rampart e-lge-i with silver from
the mvm
Motl-*al«oe It hing Ilka a
heavy curt sin that at It« rising would re
veal »'ms moaarroiM ii'etirl*
Foe ths
first time I re«Ur«I the ln«ig»iflc«nro
■f oar boat. Its loneliness «m»l«t ths hur
-
rying wastes of the sea. end my anxiety
lbs l*l<>ugh Inn - *E allowed ‘Im ta l*e pass*«! iato alarm.
CIUFTRtt XVI
K’octiniM^ )
It wao aboat thia
An! ■
tr •* .» r vied, ü.r br«»» flri a fenny i*>et <f toad, vur 'e ad 'Is order« t|m« that my nausea «ntdenly left mo
Jilatrl hi! • »hr >>,. ¡w< whlt» W» d»»h«M to keep a week's vittlea on b.*ar<l. tb ogli
II ■ was a greot r» >«f to «■'-•. f-*r I was
• way
pur#.lit. My c.»u»in »(u>rh to hi» the me-a waa paaalu' hie oaderetaml well aware that an etrose ..f res «■cknsss
w«>rk tn *•( manful'/, bat *<• *di tall, ■ng "
may resalt la a seri»ua pr<*stration.
"Weald reonytold take a trip to
tn I I w»» » minutw t-> Th»
wh*n I
It waa iu one of the lulls ! have men-
h*t the part»« »f the inn Th«/ France if be were aak»"!Y"
tioned that lssar gave my roosln the
"Nurely, aur. rt ’« be paid accordin'
h»d mH seen Mr Hermann. lh»y told
helm and with his msn'« ««suiOnc« tow
bit , Bin« «•
- -
time, perhape he was 'K be must tnaaed on the color of a bit ered lbs «all on ths smaller maat at the
d i«il Bl h a boat.
f g Id la Mark "
stern which, I Iwlleve. is hnown nauticsl-
'That aettie« It. M<ea Weston." con
what lesitY* I ge«p«d
|y aS the Jigs««
They also reefed ths
\\
!■ . ■ th. ,
f ! • W if» tinue«! Oradea in bis abort, bualnaaallhe
< ir, «ani
larger rants* <>n tha f-rs«isat
The
f? ii frtf •( my rNgrrne»». “th» f’iM <•« way. "Now please Io remember my in
Agtm Jane, which waa now m>t more
|i«uiaD I»♦ mighty tond o‘ taihag. •»' h» •trartk-na. Y'*u hare (>■• farts concern
than four hundred yards away, ahosel
lay
bath
M»rk Fennyf«*M*» mw trewl ing rr-feeoor Marnac In my b-tler
a» a.an of follow >ng »ar example.
•r. Th» Ag; •• J»ttr. f >r b mAtl»r <»’ two an Infor rust loo agalnat him f.-r an at
•'Mark I'ennyfoM moat be maaed.**
mutjthe
Aud Huw I rxm»« ?«» think on tempt on your life, and see that tbe c-om-
Mid laaac on hia return aft. ***E uniat
H. I 4*1 h»gr Miry »«y b » bow h» bo ’ hh ty authoritiao circulate his description
• in fitrp g *g ->-4t with M»i»l»r H»r along the coast. I dun'l think there la have area da were cbealn' 'a. yet *e glare
we no chance o' apoahlng 'Im; and now
tbe ahghtaet chance that be will return
mann l*»twiit dr»» »n* v *ur <**el«»rk-”
I r»u down the i»»rr*»w Birewf toward» to trouble you. bat be on y«>ar guard, •
with that pres* o' sail l*lase to keep thy
and have a man to sleep lu the bouse
tage». w*th
fi»h »tret-bed will to dry. Now, my lad*, who baa tbe awifteet boat band on the tiller, Mr.**
The little ('•■rnlehman rolled forward
hehing 1 mm «»», b «*4 ge»r la tbe harborY'
and the r
A» I
"Now you be aakln* a question." raid to where I Mt. and stood, making a hol
tuibMrl bef rw th» d MtrBdm.
A great etillaaaa bsl-l
"You see. It low <>f hie hand«
rrarb«d th» bltU tareakwAter th» sun. their apokcainan gloomily
th« are and air. eave for the whisper
At the regally. •a MJ
|<»w on th» wee! huru-tu. wb » throwing be Ibis wVee
greet go. ,4«
. u
_ »?reamer» through g»|*» In I'ride o' Cornwall waa reaching for the of the glUIng wave«.
"The A«t>es Jane, ahoy!”
all of a BU<S«let>
a ■ I I« i
i’ » p’irj
« j 1» t tt »«’re pH»»l •• high • eat buoy, tt^ua ■
He drove the words over the black
• a if a rat«c|y»iu of Nitore had *et the like, a girt
from over the eastern
waters like the blast of a trnmpcL
A tn)« » on the I lima toy as
From their beacon which
"
"The Agnee Jane, ahoy!”
fr.t
a ■'• I win I. fier.-e sod b y
"He muna. Nir llenry. that hia to*at la
Agaiu he called, and thia time tb»r»
C»I4. K«ew le my aN -re t'*<u< •/•• It reckoned tbe faaiaat. but al the regatta
•he waa disabled In a «quail." I*roke In came so answering voice.
threaten«'! <Hrly weslhar.
••Help!*’ it cried—the one word »n«l
Il >t I
' •
'I •<!•* '• Mlea Wraton. Interrupting a at ry which
There. !» r In the <blterl ■« path that
waa evidently familiar in Ita length and w as silent. Vt ** waited, but chat was ail.
"It la no good. Treherna.” said my
the a *t> h . l daube*! upon the waters, a detail. 'Thia ie Bir Henry tirades. Isaac
r* I silici ‘
.
»I ■•• running «l-.ee Treheene. ami ha la trying to capture the rousln. "They have an ualy customer <m
.hoard who does not mean to l>* taken.
hstile.l to the s.-u’ westward.
wicked man in the Agues Jane yonder,
He ha» hi* p.»toi at their htMiil» »• hk»
■ Wl.at II al la ihatY‘ I aahext • ltd the mao who, aa I t dd you, trivxi to
at kl'.l me Will you take him In the 1'ri-le ns not. Tbejr um«t take their ch a nr»
wh<* l«Mtu(ed s<aiual a m>>*rîii<
oi
tny elbow.
of Cornwall T'
Hi» w -r*!» wrr» luBt In • stirring n--to
'That, maialar -wbol. It bs Mark l*ea
Isaac was a study of Indeciaivm. 11«
Hk» th» throbbing of a giant harp string,
n/fulil'a Agnes Jan«. *er • • «a» 'ir«*d t»X twisted up hie moath >
- ead-
ami a not» that r»»«» Co a shriek and then
the stranger ft iu l.unnnn. ’Ermson by regarde-l tteg su aet
rnrhnl lnt<i » rattling, drumming roar,
klchod a pebble over tbe edge of the
name ”
the utt»rm-»»t d in pa t<»r> of th» storm
A hand fell o my stomi 1er
It was quay
wind
F *r tome »»«'•»ndt we hrvled over,
Grt-lrn'a He I.S'I li*sr<! end nmlerat -^4
"I du wish. nils«, as 1 'ad been nigh
A ! .1 we Is.I >• -I inxerher watching you whan 'a tried IL" he »*id at last to that I could have dipped my far» In
th» bubbling water»; and thru, »lowly
lb rei «alle fa.le »l-rtly ¡ntu the g.It "I woald 'eve aet about the hugly toad
gath*rlng way,
»hot forward through
l«*ring ha>- Ilf the night and the storm. proper, that I would. Bet, begglu' y "ir
the flying »pray, with Tr»h»n>» yelHng
I II E vMMiiMA CYI.INKER.
pardon, and seem' he be got away,
to hi» man In ton»» that »ven autsotindrd
'twouid aeetu a matter for the peril'**
the *»piaII h»»lf.
CHAITKR XVII.
more's for we una
M *re ver. there la
Wr *ert« u;»>n h»r almost before I r»
• all crept forward down the river the fish contract, and th« I'ride la only
nlit«*<j th« di»s»t»r that had befallen her.
ef sunset i 4 that streamv! In wild walling bar crew to sail "
I ranght a glimpse of the levsl line of
■plrtvl. r ft "■■ a ersvaae In the rang««
"It means a hundred pounds In your
timber» al»out th» ke»l, th« red «»11»
uf . I .iiillaii !
The light ttolt burulahs-t pocket, my man." «napped Uradeu.
aw»«h hi »tr»»k» < f bl»«ing foam, an I
the »i-s gl .s« l up i the I’-lleveu cl tla.
"A 'undred pouuda la a
m I red
ting.ng with hrs the hr eskers st their ¡/■■unde." replied Isaac with a aeuteuttoua thm 1 mw my cotuhn lean out and grip
a »omething in th» waler. For a mo*
f,rt It thru« Bi-rce • * I «• am ugst the Iticotisaq neuce.
ment I thought he would t>e dragged from
Claeteri-1 cottages of the Cornish fieher-
"But, laaac." broke In Ml*a Weeton,
f Ik. a I i ’
• I a ri- -r • ar rt " ■ tha "when the story get« round to Mark the b »t, but Iva«'*. Utting g" the tiller.
•*lrrU d hi» leg« w,th a pair of muscular
■
l-ennyfold. ha will say that you refueed
ths sheltering srin ■ f ths little quay. Il because you knew that the l'rlde could arm» and bald on like the little bulldog
h» wa». With three great heave« Gra
• la a a ■-is t .it rise« before me, •• I never catch the Agnes Jan» ''
de« lugged th» dripping thing he bald
write, with a curloi»« detslL though. In
"to he wall—the Hard!" crii-l laaac,
to the b*iat*» edge, with a fourth he
the time I look no pains to ob- with a auddeu buret of Indignation.
■I,
I
landed it fairly on board. The Agnew
For on that departing vweel never thought on that, mlaa
ssrvs it.
A pretty
we h*4 '-haasd act «• tale ha will be telling In every public Jane had g ue. and with her th» unfor
waa he »
tunate m«n »he carried- «ate Maniac
Flerope
from Buds to Penaanco! Come along,
dem aa
gentlemen, come along
I'll «how *• a ooljr.
Thu» Fate lu Ita own at range manner
sari I sa Inn ent * rl from hl. veuletta. thing, ami Mark. tu. the Hard '
had given him to us at last*
and In my cert I thanked Providence
Wa rati to where the little trawler lay
Shouting like a madman. I »farted to
t r that u ’ '
It II 11 'f Maruac. the moored to the quay, and tumbled on
ilei.lrl • < I 'fe
was «till free, free board tine man waa anting In her stern wards the steffi. where my cousin wa»
Iwhdiug over the huddle«! body h» bad
with fresh «• i rues f veogeanee against mending some tackle, and Isaac apparent
But even a» 1 dW ao I mw
! .
*
-
• ly couaidered hie services sufb. rot. f r saved.
twisted !.r*.i, an.I with all the wtodotn of he coat off the ropee at onew. M’.sa W ea- a black bum . creeled and etreak»d wrlth
hia great learning to help him In bl« ton waa waiting on th« head of the quay hlMitig white, ruab up from th» oMcurity
to wiudffan!. F« t a »pace II eneOMMi to
deadly purp sea.
aa our t-oat era; t by
1
*.■•■■■• N
-Hl thl« la the end of you) derer member that picture of my darling ae hang above u». while l»aac yelled a» be
plana " I rr.*d, turn t savagely oa my ahe stood on those d! grey a’■ .«*, with tugged wildly at the tiller. Then, with
burly couain. "lie haa escaped «galo, their vriatal beard dropping to the awlrl a wild mar that drummed in my ear»
b.k» the etploeioii of a mine. It threw It*
gut clear away. What are you ( >ltig to
f tha tide below
Tha bra >f the . i,aat
•elf upon na. hurling me Into th» U»ttom
dr.) Khali ws follow hitnT*
it her tall, graceful figure earn g t > of the boat. vht»ke*l, deafened, and blind-
"In the face of the storm?”
the breeae. (lue hand was '
*•-« hafr
"Why not- if l-at is the beet you can the other waving adieu No fr.trt figure «•'L
(To b» eonllnu*d.)
•tiggeet Y'
of encouragement cor'd men leoire who
"Yoe have changed, my little rouata.' started on a perilous aJventura.
Ju«t to I ««*■»».
said he. re» rd g me with a kin lly I k.
"Goml bye! God keep y •< bo!o'" N-.
Tlie old farmer waa deaf and did not
th >ugh. i:idr*-l my word« had l*«en an
ahe cried to ua.
hear tbe atcaiu whistle on tlu* I4g tour
mannerly. **The False hare play el the
We shouted a reply, but I doubt If oho ing car. It »truck him. Tin* vltauffv-ur
very le i « with the ••-date student at
Heidelberg }uat twelve daya ago. How heard It. for at that m .meat the wind ¡•al«-.l and ttur woman shriek«1.
"■ftianka, mister," chuck 1«! tlie ol«l
fiat youngster grumbled at prospective caught the great red sail n our fore
d aeuniforta' II "W he shrank from the mast. swinging It serose with a thunder man aa lx* picked lilmself up out of tbe
<>ua
flapping
that
eho
.k
the
little
vre
—
U
tlie thought of Iwlng mlted up in a
dust. "Come aroutul again sometime."
business that was ‘to-tter left to the po from Siam to stern. In an •thee m meat
"Hut aren't you hurt?” gnapvd th«
we
were
rushing
forward
lu
pursuit,
with
'! Ito you remember?”
tha spray from the bows In our faces and chauffeur.
11.-n t ws waste tuusF* said !.
“Not 'talk"
I'rrhapa. Ah! here ahe cornea Juel a white trail of f.wm working our path
from the land
"Hut why do you nay ThanksT"
the th. < f r win-
I waa hoping”
1 do not think that more than tan
Running .town the village street came
"Ikx-atUM*. mister, that thar Jolt un-
Ml«. "
n wit' thraa <»r f»ur tn»t> mlnutaa had passed from the u. ..«at ol l<meeiM*<! a uiiutarvl plaster on my slmul
behind her. We met h«*r at the »n traue» our arrival on the quay, though by my der that I have le-eti trying tu got off
writing It may seem that I have wader
to the quay.
I*teo Ague« Jane fur tlie Inst week."
"Well! have yoo ranchi bimF* aha estimated the time.
waa. ea far aa I could Jodgo, al- ut a
panti-d
•'»III Hilara Ilari«.**
"No. there ho t «• " My cousin point- mile away to the southward, a distance
Mr Rounder ( tenderly ,! Ito you re-
which we docreaeod to barely • thoaa
e l a ar • . at t
I *' a '■! evil
uiauiil>er, dear, during our courting day«
•*<lh. thank ll*»l!” ahe exclaimed earn and yards bef-wo tha full strength f tha how ! used to Irli you the old. old
growing wind we brought had reached
•stly
"I bl •
RM aruie*l
After that, however, wo galoot •tory T*
oaa ••■ afraid I .r the brave msn who ba4 her
Mr» Rounder Yea. and you still tell
very slowly. If at all.
Bave.l my fa', rt ami me.”
I wao never a good sailor, a fart which mo the "old, old at«*ry."
Hhe looked from one to the other of
Mr. Rounder (tn surprise) When,
us with an h ii««t gratitude Io her r;ea the long rollers eo-ui recalled to my
that t ■ mo •*-»■- *--| * rth the risk of all remembrance. The occael nal hurals of dear)
•pray which flaw over uo added greatly
the dangers In tha world.
Mrs Rounder -When you start tor
"Ami |ar. WeetonF* asked my roualn. to my Jlaeornfort. for my «totheo. though the dub.
•Aly fat or IS uo Worse, hut of course warm, were not waterproof. 1 have al
< ailed.
] did
II
u.agmee that ways been euggopilbto of chills, and th«
"William Henry F*
I was annoyed by eotM tramp, and do- pr wpeci of paaeing the bight tn drlpp ■ a
“Yes yea. Marla.**
Clares be will have a man shout the garweota sarloualy alarmed me It waa
cottage lu the future
You aud your therefore, with a oeuso of relief that I
“What are you doingT"
friend must u mo back with ms. Kir observe«! Isaac produce a me oilskins,
"Reeding about the 'man with the
llenry. I want to lotrod ■ o y -u to him." and boots happily lined with flannel.
muck rake.'"
The seafaring appearance which I as
"K inc other time, I hop»
At pree
"Well, you g<> right In that garden
ent this y.oing firebrand here Insist a that oumed did not, however, allay my in
and let me see you tie the man with
ws ah oild follow Marnac by sea ”
ternal sufferings, which »■»••n b^-anie
•That Is <t " to imp *s ble, air," shs a rate, Huddled on the leeward able of the Firdell rake and lie quick about IL'
said, turning up on me with an aniloua
Io. A. "I have enough er perl slice of the
weather to kn >w that a storm Is coming
1 am certain that Nir ll»nry tlrnden will
help me to dissuade yon."
"I am afraid not. Miee Weston." broke
In my cons! i before I could reply. "We
have been like over-eager hounds, losing
the scout by flashing forward too quick
ly.
It niu*t l*e ebeer, dogger! hunting
now, aud u« more cutting off rornera.
lly rtie way. there la a little fact which
perhaps . ...... . you can tell me." he ealj,
turning to the little group that hung
behind her akirta watching ua with a bn
relic interest.
"I'ld the Agnes Jane
yonder carry provision* on board?"
‘ Nurely, aur," said one who stood •
little forwarvl of the rest a stout, beard
ed man with • face aa brown and seamed
• a a w it' »red . dor apt «. "Mark Pea
■ rfold. as le owner, was telling about
thu furrla gi-ut oaly last n^ht down tu
the boat. I watched the chaae with an
appearance of Interest which wee mere
hypocrisy. To be elnewre. I regarded my
cousin, who waa enjoying a pipe of
•trongamalllng tobacco on the wln<lwar<!
aldo of me, with a more Immediate on
mlty than I felt towards Marnac hluveelf
CHAITKR XVIlt.
The eon sank a midst a cloud confie
gestion of sullen sod thunderous magniti
renne. The rosellina behind us dsrkeunl
sad faded until the crests of ths breaking
warns rœe ghastly white against ths
gloom of the shrouded land
Hut for
tunately the sky above os was «till «tear,
and a silver crescent of the m->»n. swing
Ing st an angle aa if the wind had tilted
her. showed ne the chaw heading a .ntb
ward.
It was evidently rom» p»rt In
France for which she pointed My cousin
bad Joined lease, who wee st ths tiller,
and the pair evaverwd in low tooea.
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PAY TAXES O RECT.
OISTtLLERY TO BE BUILT.
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North Bend Will Probably Secure De Oregon T«n Comm i . kii Recommends f*vr »»»um. la »¿vane»
1 »
•a««. kaiauuMd Io Mel.
Rsliet tor Sherifts.
natured Alcohol Plant.
A !«»rtt»ln« Hte'r» m«*1» » »n»» f* »ppT.-w!
a*tvretta»turn?» m«»t N» r«T4 M»
North Bend—The Cooa bay country
fialetn—That the duty ol collecting 3 n»n»M>nt
* her. Ihr <K l»T i» |lv«n f<M their Intontì!«»»»
haa secured ths establiehmeul ol a taste «boaId be taken from the sheriff«
plant for ths manafarlaro of denatured and lmp<wed upon the county treasur
alcohol and tbs distillery will be ready er». le on« of th« recommeodatione cun
tamed in the report of the Oregon Tai
to reevive potatoes from tbs farmers
rommiesion )u»t irened from the pr'nt-
neat tail.
ing office. This recommendation le in
H T. Cloves, ol the American Aire
itself ol roneidersble importance in the
hoi compai y, New York, came to the
management ct county affairs, but it
Coo« hav country about two weeks ago
«••timer particular interest to sheriff«
In an endeavor to interest the farmers
and tr a«ut«re when coupled with the
In dsnatnrrd alr< bol. He was accom
«uggeetion that this change will make |{ BUY AMT AM)»
panied by Dr. Witbycombe, who con
nereeeaty a reduction of the salariee of
■luctel eevetal farmers' inetitnlee lathe
ehet Iff« and a raise of the salariee of
We buy tr at k In large quantifiée
county and at there meeting« the eye
treasurer». The commiwion conclndw
tern >1 fndurling denatured plants was
at.
! !■■■ p a full line of carriage
and
the »object by leinarkmg that the leg • • -twlB Re»
Al BANT OKI .< N
explained to the farmers.
It was ex
wag n material. All h'.n la of work la
islature, If it make« the change, should
plained that if 7&.0O0 Um« of potatoes
nt line done on abort n Uoa.
U M »MTAMYB
not overlook the salary matter.
were promised the company it would at
That the handling of public funtie 1»
once prepare to liegin operations. The
mote particu'arly the work of a trees
dirtillery c-ml>* eaeily handle twice the
nrer and not of a sheriff, is ths princi
Jfotary fuMlc «n I
quantity named, but was willing to
pal rraeon for the pripoee-l change
nt b»ti». ua au 1 F» i » b U
start on a «mall (rale.
The mminiseion ie of the opinion thst
Otte», m W«»t M Hfwi *
HtQO
Contracts were entered Into with a
the « c ■tint» could lie juet »• arrnrately
number of farm* r« on a basis of I' per
•backed il the money were paid I in
^lATHlBFOBD A WT a TT
ton tor Hire« y-ara, the distille r to
TUI
ly to county trrasurer« «• il could be il
take potato« of all aitee.
It is w»ti-
Il were »1 ret paid to the ebertffs end by
mated that at this price farmers will
them turned over io the treasurers
receive nearly |100 per a< re for their
There would lw one leee opportnni.y
OCR «over Fini M»!I bbb 1 Ban»
prmioct.
for mismanagement. The comm salon
Il van eipla oe-l by the promoters of
ORBOOM
does not base He reconimendation so Al BANT
the entrrpr «e that when the distillery
much open its own reaettning, however,
was rnnmng at its full capacity it
Or»gww
g C BM u WNK. m d .
Sei«
ee it doee upon the reasoning of a »her
would require H7 tone of coal per day
iff. who le quoted, but whose name Is
for 10 months in the year to convert
not given.
Graduate Eclectic Mtdical College
the toilers into alcohol, and this would
provs a great «tlmulne to coal mining
cyncisj
ClaelaaaU. Okie
Harness Olive Lake.
Hirthetni' re, a numlier of hyproluta
......................
T J Mrsitu
Sumpter
—
The
Fremont
Power
com
KIO
ORKGOM
would lie manufactured that would
pany, which haa been for e rne litre
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greatly increase the payroll.
Although tlis site for ths dietillery past engaged in harneeeir.g the waters
A Q PRILL M. D.
has not
ii- been definitely ann&n<r«i
annRiiced it of Olive lake for p.;wer pwrpoatf, is
pushing operations towaid the comple
D ave a general banking «nd ot-hange
will probably go to North Bend.
tion of its plant by employing almost
bus nsaa
L • na ma-le at current retag
every idle man in the diatiict. Men
and draft« laauwl oa principal citlaa.
Mines Fabulously Rich.
have been imp< r nd from alm oat every
Belo, Ortffon
Lakaview—W. I. Fleck, nietnlier of section of Eastern Oregon by this com
the Ann of Fleck A Koowgooee. mining pany to work on the ditch ai d pipe
Taltphoat Xxchxnoe Ko. IL
experts and aaaayers o' Bidwell. was in Sine as well as installing its huge power
l-akeriew rt. ntly on his way horns machinery. This company is identified
8HELTON
from the Windy Hollow mine«, in with '.he Re<l lioy mine als->, which
Warner «alley, known now aa the I-net property will be operated in the futu'e
Cabin mining district.
Mr. Fleck Is by electric power, instead of steam, as
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enthusiastic over the prospects of the heretofore.
new mining ramp, and believe« firmly
Prune
Crop
Is
Big.
Lane
that it will develop rich diggings.
He
Eugen«—Prune drying in Ijtne coun ¿title* at th» Peace
Hated that lie took samples of the rock
IFetary PuUls
indiscriminately around one of the por ty baa been about completed, and It la
Belo Oregon
foiind.lt
at
the
output
tliia'yrar
le
much
phyry dikes on one of the elaims, and
Kains at the
also the dirt lor several feet front the larger than last year.
dike, and found it to assay IfiO to the time drying commenced canted con«id
ton on an average.
These testa were arable damage by cracking the fruit,
Ml kill OP A (toVANfY. Prop«.
made from rock and dirt from the top and by making it ripen Irregularly, but
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»Ate/
£1*5*
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y
J. J. Burned & Son,
General Blacksmiths
and Wagonmakers
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
L.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Horseshoeing a Specialty
SCIO, OREGON
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Scio
Stute
Bank
**,“■*■«; S.V/-• -
A-
PHYSICIAN ant SÜRGECN
EAST AND SOUTH
EEAL ESTATE BBOKEH.
Albany
Lunch
Counter
Shasta Route
even with this disadvantage the crop is
above the average.
Canneries have
been sulking on tomatoes tor the past Best 20c. Meal in the Valley
Reserve In Southern Oregon.
Open All Night
Halem—A proclamation creating tbe fi .e or eix wekee, and still have a eup
Hiakiyon forest reserve,
comprising ply in eight.
about one ball of Josephine counts and
Buying Great Tract* of Timber.
Al BAN Y, ORI (.ON.
two or three townships of Itougloa
»p m
Eugene — Tl.a Mun toe Lumber A
county, he» t*en recelvml by Governor
t#»v«i» r.irUanl • W » m • 10 p ■»
Chamberlain from President Roosevelt. MiDing coni nan y, of M mrve, IVaah., la (Jo To 111«
|«av»»
IJ 10 p tu li H p ■
Thia la tbe re«erv« • oncerning which a baring rocorvl* I dead* to 5,000 acre« ol
Arri«»» A»blan4 U u » ■* Il »u » n
strong protest waa made a year or two timber land In Lane and Benton conn
Ar •
•atil«:i|.y 1 M k B» , »SA » m
ago by residents of Carry county.
Ae tira, and it la rvprle«l that ttie com
A? -• . tri "* » rei. tu?
p m . • M a M.
originally planned, tbe reserve incladod pany intends t<r con »tract a railroad
Pi.
a a t 1 ?’•< e»i*» oa bulk irai a»
»to ut three fi the if Curry county, but fr< nt Eugei a, C< rvallis or Junction
• ito tu
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c 1 «.r < ara - *
the protests were so strong and persist Ciy. to tie timber, it another 6,000
■
i h.caga. M. Leela. !«•■
arree
of
timt«r
land
can
tie
tecurevl
at
a
Urlasi'«
an«
Waabineu-n
ant that the linea of the temporary
Only Flrat-CIam Shop In The City
, .
■
-.a •••arsi
withdrawal were change«l and in flrally retaonable figure. II mure land can
•lasts*
*• l..t ll<
na. Js«ss. CblWK
Hhavlng......... ..
creating the reserve no Curry county not ba («cured, the company wil hold
15 cents
tbl.lpl -as » «sirs, sod »«tuia la*'!««
•d
lands are included. The resorve covers what they now bare a. a «peculation
iialr Cutting
„25
*««• I. A Na • >n, a««ul at W««< hato «laiton,
The
laud
involve«!
it
In
the
northeast
over 700,000 acre*.
Bhanip«x4ng..„...... _2fi
or sHdrasa
ern part of I.ane county.
Itath*
.SA
a . i. oftAia. a. p. a .
Timber Land Sold.
OEOROf
’
DAVIB
PROPRIETOR
rorliand. Or»ffon.
PORTLAND
MARKETS.
Eugene— Approximately 10,000 acres
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XJ"LL',J^a i
ol the finest timber land ill the state
Wleat—Clttb, Me; blar»t«m, (JBc,
changed hands a few days ago when a
valley, 87c; ted, flic.
large num Iter of Eugene ¡e>plo and a
I lata — No. 1 white, »L'tjit 50.
few others residing elsewhere, sold
gray. 1254133 fiO.
th.ir holdings on y tarts creak, in the
Farley—Feet!, 120 fio per too. brew*
Mi Kent!« country, fill miles east of
Irg, 131 60; rolled, |23.
Of Portland, Oregon
Eugene. The eale was made to teo
Rye —11 fifiiRI 40 per cwt.
Purl Ian I capitalists, whose ramee ere
Corn — Whole, $36 5J;
cracked,
not made public, for about I'.'fi an rcre,
13« 60 per ton.
although the enact pure base price was
Hay—Valley timothy, N ■. 1. |IO«I1
not given out. The land is In town
DUES $1.00 PER MONTH
¡er ton; Eastern t>rvg"i timothy, III
ship 17 a >uth, range 4 east, and has
NO MEDICAL EXAMINATION
t
i
t«en pooled for sale since 1001, a'
7 60, grain hay, |7; alfalfa, |1160.
Fur p»rtteul»r» •«•
which time li e price was set at |10 a i
T. U DUGGEJt
vetch hay, I*ifi7 50.
GROVER POMEROY
acre.
Collector
Agent
SCIO. OREGON
Fruita — Apples, common to choice,
36«76'
per
box;
choke
to
fancy,
76c
Modern Road in Coquille Valley.
fil|l.3f>, gtapaa, lltfi'-
Mfia
Myrtle Point—The rock
crusher,
Concords, Oregon, 27 (qc halt basket;
which haa teen cpera'ed at the quarry
pea< has, 76rr4|l; pears, 76ct*|| 2i,
on the road twlween Myrtle Point and
i
ar boa
Coquille, is about to suspend work, ow
Vegetables— Cabbage, I (« '4 I Ije per
ing to wet weather.
The result of the
pound; ranlifiower, 11 26 ¡>er <l<a»n;
work which has been doos thns far is
celary, 78B*6c per d*sen; lettuce,
tlie graveling of the entire road between
■ bead, 20c per d ’Sen , onl> ns, l(MI2h»c
Coquille and Myrtle Point.
This road
U D. Landon, of the Bdveu Don Sawmills, is prspsred
per doxen; pumpkin«. Pg - per pound;
to flit orders for
is laid on a go**-l grade, at 4 the cover
tomatoes, 30<d60c per box; squash,
Ing of crueller! rock makes it ** goo>! a
1‘«c per pound ; turnips, t*Oc'4|I per
road ae any Oregon can boast of.
It is
sack, carrots, V0 < 11 per sack; treets,
an eicellent quality of rock for this
t! 35<d 1.60 per sa< k ; to ra-radish, l*<B
purpose which is quarried where the
10s per pound; sweet potatoes, 2'4 J tq'
rrueher is ¡orated. .
per pound.
Orders taken at the yards In F< :<> or at the mills in Bilyeu Pea.
Potatoes — Oregon Burbanks, fancy,
His lumber la the beet of mountain fir, and prices are reaeunabla,
B g Timber Deal at Dallas,
l
ttollaa — It Is un<l»rstiM>l in Dallas ,
Butter — Farcy creamery, 26(127J^c
tha, the largest timber deal ever made per ponod.
in Folk county baa just been cl «oad. i
Eggs — Oregon ranch, 3! << t2
per
The transaction Involve« more than daaeo.
1100,oud and Indadre the nulla ami |
Poultry — Average old hens, I2<£ ISc
timber I o dings of the Johnson I.umtwr psr pound: mixed ch ■ kens, 12(dl2lgc;
Kwell? t'esile«e4.
company, in Dellas; also the tract | spring, lifiBHIc; old roosters, urg 10c;
**lt's the unexpected that usually hap-
known as the Hallock property.
Tbe dressed chickens, 13414c; turkeys,
pen«. you know," said tint slow board- purchaser la underat’iod tn lw the Will-
live, 17 <» 171qv; tnrkeya, dreeee*!,
amelte Valley 1 amber ng company. choirs, 31 «422'ye; gea.se, live, fimVc;
"1 guras that*« right" rejoin«! the ■ wner of the Cone mills and Falla City
ducks, 14<4I6 c .
landlady. "At least I know the money railroad.
Veal—Dressed—At,(48c per pound.
I et poetad from you last week basili
Reef — Dreseei! bulls, 2'42Hr per
matérialisa*! a« yet"
Grew and Sell Vetch.
prund, cows, 4»&c, c mntry stsers,
Albany — A company of farmers, 6<46ifie.
Aw latest!*-«.
Mutton — Dresee*!, fancy, 7c per
! figge ! understand that Higgins Is form vol for the purpose of growing and
.selling vetch, haa been locotpora'ad by p-vund, ordinary, 6<<i8c; lam to, fancy.
quite a clevvr financier.
' article« fi'e.1 In the nmntv clerk's office '■-.
Bigge Well, be lent. Why. that man
P rk—Dreeeed. ««*r r*' pound.
The Tangent Vetch Grower»’
never twat anyleely out of a cent In bis hero.
Hope—HMM, ch*Ire,
prime,
Inn ion la the name of the combination.
Ufa.
Linn county farmers have t«*n vary 13 <4 I4e; medium, IS <¡4 lljjc par
kt ths liseusi» Sale.
aaccva-fal in tha growing of vetch and pound; olds, nominal.
"lee," said hie wife, pr*>i|*tly, “I ( bavo found it a paying industry. The
Wool— Eastern Oregon average beet,
eavi-d Itti cent» by coming here to •lay." new company intends to go into the 13418c per pound, according to shrink
"Yee." growled tier hustuind. “nud I husineea on a large a-ale and will raise age, valley, 20 421«, according to fine-
nees; mohair, 2« < 28c
lust K> worth of l.iue cvtuli-g with J oik* vetch both for grain and hay
of the ground.
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PACIFIC AID ASSOCIATION
Pays Sick, Accident, Death Benefits
<M*'t ^’*•7’,
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LUMBER! LUMBER!
Common °« Finishing Lumber
r?
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LANDON! LANDON!
«
Irvine & Myer, Prop».
Hack cc ^nects with all train» at Wett Solfi
and nifimint train at Munkert.
rig» are firtt-dass and our horse» good
driver». Prices reasonable.
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