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[S trong and S teady
■» MOW * TW «tort. JR.
rase with uie
A gift i* a g ft. no tnattee
about I«* value "
•
''It'» tbe bard study. I supp-wa. that'*
Yes. you know I am to stay here foe d< n«- It I lauet be gertlag ba«k to Ma am
two yeera, and I might aa well be .-■» Gtenn'a Gond night "
“Goodnight, Ifm''
♦ortabte '
lauiuel Warner gathered up hla booka.
“It'a a go.«d deal better than my room
•- twice as big. to begin with. Theo, my and left the root» Walter poked tbe fire,
carpet looks aa If II bad rum* down putting some ash« on. so that It would
through aeveeai general mu*
As for a keep till tbe nest uuirning. and rummeuc»
He was interrupted by
mirror. I've g«>< a seven by nine looking e«l undress.ng
g’aaa that I have to look Into twice be a h«vy step on tbe stair*, and directly
fore I can ace my whole fee* As fur the afteresrvl a knock resounded upon bia
t~.la«ea<l. It «>•-•>• >■ »baa « juap istn
It that I eipect every night It'll fall to
W«w>«lering who hia late «isitor roti id
pie«-*s and spill me on the floor
Now be Walter stepped Io the door and opened
IL He was still more surprised to rec«>f-
yuur room I* splendidly furnish««! ”
“Ysa. It Is now, hut father furnished uiie in tbe visitor Dr Porter, tbe prin
It at hia own ei|«-nae
He said ha waa clpal of the Institute
willing to spend a little money to mak*
“Go<<t evening. Conrad." said the .Vw-
tor “I am lather a late visitor
I was
nr <*omf«*rtabte."
"Tbal'a more than my father said He no* sure hut you might be In bed. Have
told me it wouldn’t do nr any harm to you heard from h««me lately, Conrad?"
asked the <l>Mior.
rough It."
"I'erhape he's right," said Walter "Ot
Yes, Sir. I rweived a letter a few
course. I don't obje«-t to the new carpet days eln«~v "
"Did jour father speak of beiug un
and furniture, but I shouldn't consider
•• any great iianiahip if I bad to rough well»"
"No. sir." said Walter, taking instant
It. aa jou call It."
“Wouldn’t you? Then I'll toll you what alarm,
"Hare have you beard any-
Let's change rooms. You can thingr
a r ' 11
“Yea, mj boy; and that la mj r«nn
go round and board at Mre Glenn's, and
I'll come here.”
for calling up«>n you at this unusual hour.
"I am not sure what my father would I recwlved this telegram twenty minutes
think of that arrangement,' said Waller. since "
smiling
Walter took tbe telegram, with tram-
“I -thought you'd find some way to blmg fingers, and read the following tuee
crawl out," said lamuel. "For my part. •age
I don't believe you’d eujoy roughing it
"Dr. 1‘orter I "ease send Walter Una-
any better thau I "
! rad home by the first train
His father
NANCY Fl ill BIX "
"I don't know." said Walter. "I've is very S. k
sometimes thought 1 shouldn't be very
"Do you think there is any danger.
sorry tn ba a poor boy, and have to wort Dr Porter»“ asked Waller, with a pate
fa«.
my own way."
“That's very well to say when you're
“1 cannot tell, my boy; this telegram
furniehaa ell the information I poeseaa
the eon of a rich man."
W ho Is Nancy ForbesT*
"So are you."
"Mhe Is the housekeeper
I can't real
“Yes, but I don't get the bonetti of It.
and you do
What would you do now is* that father la eo ei«k. Ho did not say
anything about It when be wrote "
If you were a ;«x>r triy?"
"1 can't saj. nt «-ourae. now, but I
“Let us hope It la only a brief eick-
1 am ' neaa I think you had better go borne by
would g<> to sort at something
the first train tomorrow morning”
»ure I could earn my own living "
“I suppose I could, too. but I shouldn't
The principal ahcevk ba rote with Walter
want to. Motive people are horn lazy, don't and withdrew
When hie tall form had
«ar>iabe<l, Walter eat !..wn ei.t trie*! to
think so?"
"Perhaps you are right,” answer*«! realise the fart of hie father's si.-kneae
‘Now euppoos ws but this he found difficult
Walter, with a smile,
It waa a long
time before be got to sleep, but at length
open our ('«war."
Lemuel Warner waa a plea aant looking h« did sleep, waking In lime only for a
boy of fourteen, lb* son of a proaperoua hasty preparation for tbs homeward jour
merchant in New York, Walter Conrad ney
He waa so occupied with thoughts of
waa from a snail country town, where bio
father waa ths wealthiest and moot prom hte father that it was not till be waa well
llieut and influential citizen, having a ou the way home that It rxxurred to him
handsome mansion bouse surrounded by that this W.JS bis f;f ••uth t.irt!..lav. '.
extensive grounds
which he had been looking forward for
Nobody knew just how rich be waa. a* me time
Out he waa generally supposed to be
Tbe seat In froot of Walter waa for
worth two hundred thousand dollars. Mrs some time vacant, but at tbe Woodville
Conrad bad been dead fur Ave years, so station two gentlemen got In and entered
that Walter, ««ho was an only child, had upon an animate«! cuavereattou
Walter
no immediats relation except hla father did not at first ;«y any attention to it
It waa for thia reason, perhaps, that he He waa looking out of tbe window list
had twen sent to the Easel Claeelcal In lessly, unable to 9s bia mind upon auy
etltute Being a boy of talent, and well thing esrspt hte father's et.-knees
But
gionnded In I at In, he was easily able to al length hte attention u-ae caught by
take a high rank In bia clans
I a mu el eome remarks made by one of the gentle
Warner had l>ecome h>e intimate friend, men In front, and from this point be Hat
being in the eatne clasa. but inferior to one dianguldly
him In ecbolarsblp. They neually studied
“I ouepected him to be a swindler when
their latln leaaons together, and It waa ho first came to me." said the gentleman
swing to thia circumstance that 1-erausl silting nest the window “Ho hadn’t an
made a bettor figure In his reeitatlona honest look, and I was determine«! not
than before Walter came to the acbool
to have anything to do with bls ar heme
'There, that job'e done." said Iwmnsl, Mining eompeniee are risky things al
«lowing bia book with an air of os tlx fac ways. I on.-e got taken In to the tune
tion
“Now wo can reel "
of flve thousand dollars, but It taught me
“You forget the Iaitia exerrloe
Yoo a leas>>n
Bo I was not particularly I in
know the d-»ctor expects each boy to pressed with ths brilliant pr«»spectus of
write a letter in I .a tin. addressed to hla the Great Metropolitan Mining Company.
father, not less than twelve linee In In spite of its high sounding nsme. and
Its promised divbtend of thirty per cent
length."
ITie boys started on their new task, and Impend upon It. Jam« Wall and hte con
Lemuel's let- federal« will pockrt all tbe dividends
finished by nine o'clock
ter waa written with a brilliant dieregard that are made "
“Very likely you are right. But It may
of grammatical rules, but it was consld
erably revised in a«-oor<lan<-e with euggee be that Wall really believed there waa a
good ebance of making money.”
lions from Walter
“Of course he «*72*. but he waa deter
''I've a great mind to aend my letter
home. Walter.” said Iwmuel.
"Father mined to make tbe money fur himself,
erpe-'ts tn* to write home every wort, and and not for the atm-hboldera.”
“I might hare been tarnpted to Inicet.
thia would eave me some trouble. Boobies,
he'd think 1 was getting on famously, to but all my money waa locked up at the
time, and I could not bare done eo with-
a rite homo In latín "
“Yea. If be didn't And out the mie out borrowing tbe money, and that I waa
resolved not to do.”
takes.”
“It waa fortunate for you that you
He’d ahow
'Tbat'e the rub
didn't, for the bubble has already buret
minister the first lime he called, and then
There will be many losers. By the way,
my blunders would be detected
1 g>i«i
I bear that Mr Conrad of Willoighby
I'd better wait till It com« bach from
was largely inter«ted 11» la a rich man.
tbe d«K-tor correrteff "
but for all that he may have gone in be
I expe«-t to hear from borne to mor
yond bis means "
” said Walter. "It Is my birthday ”
"I am sorry for him. but that was rock-
lot mo be the first to congratulate
lesa”
How venerable will yoo beY*
"Yes, he wse comptetely taken In by
Ao venerable aa moot boys of fifteen.
Wall. He's a smooth fellow."
Lem "
When the gentlemen left the «re Wal
"You're three months older than I am,
let saw one of them bad left a morning
then
Do you expect a present Y*
He ph-ked It up
“Father promise«! to give me a gold paper lying In tbe seat
watch chain motue time
Too know I and examined the eoltimne until his eyes
fell upon tbe following paragraph
have a gold watch already ”
Tbs failure of the Great Metropolitan
“Y«. and a regular III tie beauty."
“Ro It wouldn't surprise me much to Mining Company proves to be a disas
trow one
The assets will not Ive suffi
get a chain for a present."
"Yow're a lucky boy. My watch la sil cient to pay more than five per cent of
the amount of the nma invested by the
ver. and only enol twenty dollars ”
Thera
“I dare say 1 should be just as happy stockbolders. possibly not that.
must bars been gross mismanagement
with a silver wat< h. I.em "
“I eupteise you wouldn’t like to boy. e> mew here, or such a result o>uld hardly
Ws understand that
would you?
If eo. l'|| give" you tbe have betm rearbe«!
chan«. A fair exchange la no robbery " tbe affair* of tb« company are la th*
"No, I sup pose not; but it wouldn't do band* of assignees who ar* empowered Io
wind them up. Tbe stockholders in this
t.v exchange a gift."
"Perhaps. If my watch were gold and vicinity will «trail tbe result with anx
yours silver, you wouldn't have say ob- iety."
“That look* rather discouraging, to bo
jectl«wie."
“1 don't think that would alter the *ur%” thought Waiter. "I suppose father ,
CHAFTER I.
"Thia .bi a nice *aon> you've got.
COl N rv. OREGON
witl !.-•• a »■-••■! deal
But I'll tel! btm
he needn't worry about uve I shan't mind
la mg poor, even if it comes to that As
tetag as he la left to me. I won't cúm
plala."
The time passe-1 until tbe cars stoppe».
S' WUlougbby elation
Walter jumped
over a feu.e and look bia way ncruss the
5« lie to hla falber e house By tbe *ood
it would have been a mil*, but it was
awrvely mure than half a mile by tbe lout
path
He went up tbe pathway to tbe front
door and rang the bell
Tbe door was
opened by Nancy Forbea. the housekeeper,
a hose name was appended to the tele
gram.
Mo it's you. Manor Walter.' she said
"I am glad you are borne, bat It's a m J
home you're come to."
“la father very sick. IbeuY' naked Wai
ter. turning pale
"My dear «bild, your falber died aj
eight o'clock th s morning "
CHAPTER II.
This sudden anoounevment of bis faib-
e«'s death »so a great
-k ts Walter.
The n»ws stunnsd him, end be slu«»L
pals end motionl'sa. looking Into tin
housekeeper's fsce
"fume In. Master Walter, come la •a-l
have a cup of hot tee. It'll make yoe
feel better."
“Tell mo shout It, Nancy; I—I rent
U b.u
It's so sudden.
«
•
was he flrot taksn Siehr
"I didn't notice nothing till last sight
Klchard went to too
Just after supper
poetoflke and g»t your father a lettere.
When they came bo took '»m into tat li
brary. and l>egan to read 'em There waa
three. I rvmeinlwr It was about an b-«ur
before I went Into tbe room to tell h-m
tbe carpenter haA called about repairing
tbs cerriegs bouse
When I came io.
there was jour ;>oor father lying on the
carpet, senseless
He held a letter rifui
Mr
tn bls hand
I s- reaniej fv; hslp
Brier, the carpenter, and Richard cauti
in and help*«! m* to lift up your P<"»r
fatb*r, and w* sent right off tor th* «log-
tor."
“What did th* doctor say'"
“H* said It was a paralytic strubs s
very t«ad one and onterod him to be pot
to bed directly. Hut It waa of no a«
Ils never rwcov*r«"«i. but br*atb*d hie lest
this morning at eight o'clock
“Naucy, have you got that letter which
my father waa reading f
' Yeo. Master Walter. I put It In m.
pocket without retsdmg.
I think there
must have tern bad news In it."
Mb* drew from her pockst a tetter,
which sbe placed In Walter s tiaode. Ils
n ad It hastily, and It con fl rm wl hla e-is-
piciona
It was from a lawyer Mr. Cow
rad had sahoi to make Inquiries rt«pe«M-
ing the Greet Metropolitan Mining < ouv-
;«ny. and was aa follows«
"William Conrad. Esq
"Itear Mir I have, al your request,
taken palue to Inform myself of the pre*
ent management and condition of Ila
Great Metropolitan
Mining Company
The task has l**n lees di®'-ull than I
anticipated, since th* failure of the com
petty has just beeu u>a<te public.
Ihe
marisgemeot has been In the bauds of die-
hotMOt and unw rupuloua tnen. and It s
doubtful Whether the stockholders will I*
able to recover anything.
"ANDREW HOLMES"
Walter folded up tbe letter, and put It
Into bis pvxbet
He felt that ibis letter
had coat bls father bia life, and In tbe
moist of bls grief be bad very bitter
thoughts about tbe unscrupulous rnau who
had led hie father to rulu
Had it be*n
merely th* lose of property, be couli
have forgl«en him. but he had been de-
priVMl of tbe kindest and most Indulgent
of fathers
”( should like Io see my father,'' be
said.
An hour later be came out of the Isatb
He oe-'Uied
chamber, pate but composed
older and m«>ro thoughtful than when lie
entered. A great ami sudden sorrow often
has thia efle«-t upon the young
“Nancy," he said, "have any arrange
ments bev-n made alnvut tbe funeral?"
“No, Waller, we waited till you cam* "
"My father had no near
relative««
There la a cousin, Jacob Drummond, who
II«« In Rtapletoo. It will be newwry
to let him know
It will be l>*ot to tele
graph.”
Jacob Drummond kept a dry go-la
store In tbe village of Mtapleton lie had
the reputation of being a eery mean man
lie carrle«l hie meanness not only Into
hla business, but Into bls household, and
there waa not s poor me-hauic In Mtn
pieton who did not live better than Mr
Drummond, wbo waa the rich man of the
place.
(Ye be «otinood )
t lira- »'ash loss hie.
"Whatever b«*-atu* of that plain fam
By call«*! the Dewberrys who need to
live tn tbe little bouse at tbe end of
tbe lane?” queried the tnan who had
Just return*«! to the tillage after a live
years' ttlxtetM-e.
“Oh, they stru«-k oil, stranger," re-
piled the old postmaster, “They own
a big mansion on the bill, three auto-
moHtee and their daughter la engaged
I
to a real duke."
And
do they still bave
"Strange!
'Dewberry' on tbe gate as they did
when they I lived In the little bouse 1»
the lane?"
"Oh. o«>. They call thetnaelree I >tr
toe
Barfy uuw. Dewberry a< nitide
plain.”
t haage«.
•They're not as loving as they war*
when they were married laat apri ng.”
"No; slie ha* dt reloped a terrible
temper."
“But he used to conaldor her an
angel then."
"Ye«; and now b« wlahss she *ra*
on« for aura.
NO
I
MARK PACKAGES IN FULL.
Radroads Put Additional Burdens on
Small Shippers.
OREGON WOOL C OOD.
CHEAP FUEL IN SIGHT
Secretary Smythe Praises Compulsory If Choppers Can't Sell to Trust They
Dipping Law.
Will to Consumers.
Portland Secretary Daa J* Hmyths,
ef tke Oregon Woolgrowete association,
pawed through Portland recently on bis
wav te Salem, where be rvpreeeuta tbe
third diet-
of Oregon al the annual
mart mg at the slate sheep commission
Mr Hmyths says ihe wool clip inis year
is aa large as usual, and that the wool
is of etreptlonally fine quality.
At this »*»♦! n of the shr-p eommte
sioa the eastern Oregon men intend to
take some radical action to prevent fur
tner eaeroaenments of
Washington
she. pmrn m the Wi-nsha forest reserve
Mr Smyth«, who ia extensively en
gagc.l in »■ nepr < sing himself, is em
phatie in praise of the r nipuls-iry J.p
ring law passed st the last session of
ths legislature. Hr save Oregon sheep
are now practically free from disease of
every kind, and the wool is of a much
higher grade than in former years
The administrtion at Washington ha*
favored the woolgrowcrv in the Ever
gre< a State, to the detriment of Oregon
stockmen
Just what action will be
taken Mr. Smythe waa nut prepared to
any, tut he thinks the eommimma wil
nvnke rerommci datione that the for
«try department at the national capital
will aot dare to overlook.
Pendleton.—After futile rrforts to
»ell their wikh I to Pendleton and
Walla Walla woodyards, ten woo«i-
>. hoppet» <>f Karnela have pooled their
output and have placed an agent in
this city and will sell direct to the
consumer
They have J.ooo curds in
the p«««>l and will fill this territory
-1.
with cheap wood, they declare
The
wootlyurd» have large supplies on
hand owing to the fact that the n>tl«l
weather of the past winter restricted
the sale, and have rrlu«e<l to buy the
Camr'a pool, which u now being mar
ketctl here
.Alrea«ly several car»
h.we been ordered from the pool ami
it promise* to demoralize the wood
market tn the inland empire
Keep Sainton Out ot Alfalfa.
Pendleton -Thousand* o* salmon
fry fr<vm six tn eight inches in length
are n«‘W running out into the canal
of the Itrigon irrigation project and
many of them are being stranded on
the bar», where they ate perishing
Deputy Game and Fi»h Warden O F
Turner will take immediate step* to
have proper fish s< recns placed at the
‘lam to prevent this destruction uf
th« v-iing ii»h
ii r data ol the ¡m
< ■11 pr.qect i» in the I’matilla River
two mile* east of the town of Uma
tilla
Thousand* of fine salmon fry
ire now to be found hi the river and
every effort will be made to prevent
them lt. ni running into the irrigation
LEASE BIG TRACT
canal* Other canal* on the river are
;ir«>nerly protected with screen» and
Shsspmsn Gobbled 100.000 Acree aa
laduer*.
Overflow to Forest Reserve.
Wella-Fargo to Build.
Pendleton
Ona hundred thousand
I
ugrtir
The Wells Fargo Express
acres of fine range land has just been
Company has begun the erection of a
leaned in Baker eountv by Morrow, Gil
■me brick budding on the Southern
liam and I matilla county sheepmen as Pacific depot grounds in which to
■ '
1’11«
’ V
I,1
an overflow range from their forest re
serve allotments The land is logged architecture of the new building will
be in keeping with that of the new
off timber lan<l, and lies m a atrip SO passenger depot, n<>w in course <»t
miles in length let wrn Aurin and
■ instruction anil to be completed be
Pleasant valley, in Baker county, and fog« July I
Thr Wells Fargo build
belongs to tbe numerous luinl er eom ing will be of brick and »tone an*
paniee of that district
It waa leased will cost Ba.oo«» to ft.ooo
It is prob
for five years by Dan P. Hmyths, ot able the downtown office of the com
this eity, and A. K. and A. Smythe, of p»ny will be done away with when
Arlington, William Smith, of Arlington, ‘he new budding is finished as the
and A C. Whittier, of Baker county. !«>< iti<>n is convenient to the business
The sum of *4,000 was paid for use of section of the city.
the tract for five years. Over 50,000
head of sheep will bo held in the terri
Pays Large Inheritance Taa.
lory during a portion of the summer
Salem
The aorond largest inherit
It is well watered and contains fine sure tax ever paid into the state treat
grass.
________
ury was received recently. It was
•be tax on the estate of Amanda Reed,
Halt in*Timber Land Buying.
of Multnomah eountv, appraised at a
Klamath »'ails J W. Alexander, of valuation of » I 3h5 9111 AU. The tax
the Weyerhaeuser Lumber company, ia was *7,141 4b. The largest tax paid
in this city on I. -‘n.-a for hia r un was on the estate of Henry Weinhar«!
pany. He states that he is not here to which amounts I to »15,245 54. The ap
buy timber, but that he expects to buy praised value of the Weinhard estate
when special inducements are offi-re I
saw I ut *1 ;»w> ,'»♦•. 7
I at waa I. ft in a
There is but little movement in timber lump sum, while the Reed estate was
in this section, and none is expected un divided among a large number of bene
til after the presidential election Whil< fleiariee.
the price of farming lamia in this see
lion has inereaeed in the past six
Auto to Carry Tourists.
months, timber land has deer« ase«l from
Klamath Falla ('.«plain J. M Mein
(I 50 a thousand to 75 e-nts and (I tyre, of the McIntyre Transportation
However, those holding claim» are not company, baa purchased an 11 pa»aengrr
worrying over conditions, as they feel automobile, and will put it on Ihe In--
sure the slump tn limber ia but tern between Dorris nn I this citv. A crew
porary.
of men is now w rhing on the road be
tween Dorris and Kano, getting it in
Whipping Up on Tule Contract.
shape for automobile service, and it 1«
Klamath Falls, It is stated here that oxpeetad that the run can I* made in
Chief Engineer Hood haa given impvra •wo hours from end of rail to thia city
tire orders that the dredging on the
tnnreh for the railroad grade must be
PORTLAND MARKETS.
rushed or the contract will be forfeited
The contract consists of a grade four
Apples *s.-le-t. *2 50 per box; fancy,
miles along arrow« swamp land, now rnnk
with tulea. and the agreement now is *2; choice, *1 50; ordinary, *1 25
that crews must be worked day and
Potatoes Flelect, 70« per hiinAyed;
nigbt In nrdef to throw up the grade Willamette Valley, 45c par hundred;
at the earliest possible date in order to Fast Multnomah, 55c; Clackamas. 55c
allow it to settle and dry before the ncr hundred; sweet, Stye per pound.
track is laid.
Fruits . - Strawberries,
California
*1 50fn 1 *5 per erate; Oregon. 10(3
Open Reserves Juno I.
li'-k* per ponnd.
Pendleton
Hheepmcn of I'matilla
Vegetables Turnips. *1 per sack;
county have received notice that sheep carrot*. *1 50(iF ,.75; beets, »125; par
may he taken upon th" Wenahn forest snips, *1 '.'5. bean*, wax. 12l^'il31-^r
reserve Juno 1. instead of June 15, the per pound; head lettuce. 35c per dozen;
date originally set. For some Umr «rttchokca 50c per doeen; »snvram*
sheepmm have been asking for the us* 7(-> he per pound; egg plant, S5(ri30e per
of the reserves on the Blue mountains uotin-l; parsley, 25« per dozen; peas, 0 ,£
earlier than usual, because of the dry 7r per pound; pepnere. 2"r per poun>l;
weather prevailing this spring. Dan P radishes, I5e per dozen; rhnlmrb, 2fij3c
Hmythe. secretary of the sheepmen'a P«r pound; spinach M5e per crate.
association, has receive«! notice from
Wheat— Club, 50c per bushel ; re-'
ad mica loa
Hupervisor Rchmitx that
Russian, I 5fl’4«¡ bluestem, 91e; valley.
would bo granted June 1.
**«.
Bsrlev- Fee.!. »25 per ton; rolled.
Will Exhibit at State Fair,
•27« 25; brewing, ltd.
Oregon City—The board of directora
Oat* ? No. 1 white, *27.50 per ton;
of the Claekamaa County Fair a serve ia
lion has authorized the executive eom gray. *27.
Ifay-i-Timothv
Willamette Valley,
mittee to make a eountv exhibit at the
state fair, which will follow the Clack • 17 per ’on; Willlametts Valley, ordi
*15 50;
•ma* eonntv fair. The beard appropri nary, »15; Eastern Oregon
ate<! *f>0 for premum* for juvenile tnliM. *15 clover, *14; alfalfa. »12;
exhibit* and reappointed Thomas F alfalfa meal, *20.
Ryan. George Laxolls and T J. Gary as
Dressed Meats TT-xys fancy, 5’4* per
a committee to direct the affairs of the nound; ordinary, 7*W,7’4»; large. Ac;
aaaoeitaion.
ve«|, evtra, 7’4«; ordinary, 7e; heavy,
fid; mutton, fancy, 10e.
Bumper Crop Promised.
Butter Extras. 24« per pound; faney,
Arlington— Heavy rains throughout 2Sr; choice, 20«; store. Iflr.
this section of Oregon a few dare ago
Tonltcv Mixed chickens 18T1 leper
have adder! many thousands of dollar* notind; fanev hens. 14*4<TL5e; roosters,
to the wealth of Gilliam and adjoining old 5«: frvers. dr.ren. »4; bri»U«r*.
counties. The weather is warm and the dore* B4 SOffTB; dress«' prwiltrv, per
farmers happy. Every one predicts a ponnd, 1* high»«; docks Ifl-itlfe; geese.
prosperous year for this part cf the •'’The; turkevs, alive, 17<ft!5e; dressed,
state.
IPOfO«.
Hops—1*07, prim« »n<t eholes, flr®
Hatchery Superintendent.
»Ur ney pound; old. lU(!t2c per pound.
Wool—Eastern Oregon, average host,
Oregon City -W H. Smith, of Park
| plsea has been appointed «nparin’and 11*B1!te ner pound, according ts shrink
ent of the state fish hatcheries at Wai age; valley, lOdflSHr.
Iowa sad Ontario.
Mohair Choice, 15/^15’*« per pound.
Chicago, May 20
Bcs.'.les deter
mining to tncrea*« freight rate* to per
cent the railroad* in the "official cla»-
sitication" territory have agreed to
add < nsiderably to the burden* of th*
• hipper* >f package freight. At the
»am« meeting at which the rate tn-
vcise» were decided upon, the repre
sentatives of mure than 4<Kt railroads
agreed that after July I they will not
receive for shipment any package» in
lest than carload lot* whi.h are not
marked plainly with the tiatne of the
consignee, the station and alate of
conaienee. the •tati, n, city and alata
of destination.
It is estimated that this action will
«ive ihe r-«i'- I •'» in tl-e tc-: it-ij east'
of the Mississippi River »nd north of
the (H iio River to the seaboard. *t
least *2,000 000 annually in lost and
ilimige claim* On the other hand, it
will cost the shipper* of package
freight probably a* much, or even
more, to pet form the actual work re-
quired in marking the shipment* a*
prescribed by the railroads
It t*
also stated by the shippers that it will
make impotsible any secrecy regard
ing the identity of the customers of
my husine»» house
On the contrary, any business hou«e
may. alter the new rule» go into el
(evt, station men at railroad ware
houses .mJ learn in detail all about
the shipments of competitors, to
whom shipped an«i in what amount*.
1 hat this will have a tremendous ef
fect upon this class of business is con
fidently asserted
It has been the custom of the ship
pers to mark their p.u kages with an
C. the key
initial or »..me hier glyphic,
of
whivh i* to be found on the bill or
lading
It v»
w is
ia the theory that tin*
tint
« .aid save the time and labor of th*
shipper and thr w a certain amount
>f »ecrecy ar >un«l the conduct of hi*
business
WHOLE STATE STORM SWEPT
Texas Suffers Untold Damage From
Wind and Rain.
Austin. Texas, May 2d—A terrific
wind and run storm swept Texts
from the Panhandle to the Gulf early
Sunday The destruction to crops and
vegetables, trees and shrubbery was
the greatest reported in years.
In numerous places houses were un-
r
fed and small villages and hamlets
in many instances were inundated by
the terrific rainfall which, in the spa «
of four hours, reached seven inches in
many sections
Austin was in the
path of the worst of the storm, and
tor h nrs the streets were impassable
for either mm or beast electric light
ind telephone connections were dis-
ibled beyond immediate repair and
many houses were unroofed
Thr agricultural sections of Central
md Southern Texas have bren im-
measurably dunigef. according to
general reports received here, badly
lenior ilired wire service u- isioning
»low and unsatisfactory reports from
ui iny e ti ms th it are known to have
suffered from the storm
OKLAHOMA
TIED
COMPLETELY
Muskogee is In Sorry Plight Without
Heat or Light.
Musk gee Okla, May M
Not a
railroad in Oklahoma is in operation,
vs a result of the heavy rams and
cloudbursts that have occurred in vari
ous parts of the state during the past
three days The last road to suspend
operations was the Missouri Kansas
5r Texas, which was forced to quit at
n >n Sunday, when the bridge on th*
i.ism line at EufaU went down
To add to thr disaster, the main
supplying natural gas tn the Indian
Territory part of thr state was car*
ried away with the Clarksville bridge
late Sunday, and the supply of gas
for Muskogee and
and several
several othi
otiier cities
in the southeast part of the state hta
been entirely cut off Officials of the
gas company say it will be a week
before repairs can be made so that
the gas supply ran again be carried
As natural gas is used for light and
heat, business will be suspended
1‘Tevators have been forced to stop
running, and hotels and restaurants
have practically been put out of busi
ness.
Vehicle Falla Down Mountain.
San Jose, Cal. May 2«
Twenty-
one students, half the graduating class
of the Santa Clara High S I ■-■' were
carried 200 feet down a mountain side
«hen a carry all toppled from the
'fount Hamilton road at midnight
Saturday n'ght The vehicle broke tin
when it started in its descent and
most of the young people slid in safe
ty down the mount on side in the
cover of the vehicle News of the ac
cident revrbrrf this eitv early Sunday
and a physician and nurses were dis-
nstched to thr acene in an automo
bile.
Sentence Four to Death.
St Petersburg May *A—The court
martial of eleven rtwolutinniata, in-
chiding four women, which be(f Hr««,
few dirt atro, hie resulted in •^« liivr,)U
fencing of four of the tertiär
*WM,
death and »tv to periods of ,
servitude
On* was acquitted.
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