-<*- ,, *,• .« r • t-V . L ■ 4\ 1W <• *< ' 9 A. ' * ■ I * <♦. * x4 X -X ‘—J «<; ->> A ’ ■»<• •* *ijy ’ Y JU •? z.»lw: ^Æ-ia SC IO, LINN COUNTY, OREGON, ,| ( |.y 3. I!»OM. NO. 2. • ? • Iho it •! n i« Fi a «hawl wlr^ MASSING TROOPS. n four » mf M k Y** •*| hate bc *< **Fd »tick a aba*! at nr« I Mnsuan Governmant Preparing tor a»« Ikreti in jour employ. Mr. I »rum Eatansiv* Revolution. IMtUfil.** \ou hear w hat hr aa»a. Mr Xi.-hola,** El Paso, Tex, June 30 — Fifteen ahi Nir l»rumr»M*nd “\»»«i ar* how ha hundred troop* have arrived in Tor tettcd attack by revolutionists, and ito you itwnn tn »ay. Walter Con­ I he Americans arc preparing to send rad. that you didn't aril sueti a shawl for llva dollar* only half price ami, In­ I heir families to the States for safety, «toad of entering the «ale. put the moo*y according to report* brought here last tut«» j«>ur own pwkrtY** ■light by pancngcrs on the Mexican ritAITKII X i’taly I would «»II th»tn fur five Mr ”1 «!•» il‘ii» it tn>*at emphatically, Mr. Central In du* tin.»*, to Jvwhna’a great delight Nb-hota," «a d Mr. Druiiioxwiit. "did you I>run»n**»n«l.” aa d Walter, Imprtuoudy, i It 1« reported that tin th* lottery ticket reached blru It ea> ■al' thl* lady tta shawl ah« « w»aring and I rhalb*ng«* jou to prove It.** nt* have attacked the sill •ereral days In ming. and he had fl fur fiv* dollar*?" ’*1 »hall a«N>n F k able to prove it.' •aid A Returns of ths Lea* Important bo' Settlement of Disputa* No Longer b* nioro*. Coahuila, about I moat given it up, but the wight of tt rala "No, «ir; I ka>* ng sold a atawl Ike Mr Ivumiuund. ** lite lady who bought Not Les* Interesting Ever’.a Torreon and have occnpi Lett to New York Exchange «d hi« apirita to the high eat pitch It that for two cuotota I know tta price ihr »haw! «wme Into th* »tore halt an i Hhcial advice* relative of the Past Week. •r med to him the firaf wtep to a fortune w»ll enough, and I wuuldn't aail It tor hour ainre, and a*h«Fd for another When Also Instruct Grower*. troop* t . Torreon say t lie begen at ot»ce to Indulge In da ailing l.-a* than t»n dollar* * I told iter that it would coat t«*n dollar*. forces already stationei riwiona of what he would «Io when the "I didn't buy It of him t bought It cf •she «aid «he only (»aid the for th* ooa town i* "impregnable " prite came to hand . bow the “ol«t man*' a boy," said Mr*. Blake •be had on Sb* thm told ua that aba In Chihuahua there is considerable The Panama rlrcti-ms passed quiet I Salem. Or June A * Representative* would t«e att <>n la he* I and treat him with "It must hat* taen that »tupid t'*«n iMMight it of you a fortnight •ln<'*.** alarm among citizenry, and guards ly. with no need of troop, Incren» I re*»| wtm t , how he w«»tild go to the rad." »«claimed Mr '’there ia some uiinfahe at«out thi«, Mr numbering from 20 to S3 soldier* in a I if all the prune parhrra of th« North Japan is willing China should build single patrol arc city and have a good tin»e weeing tt** "Wait till ta com»» I>rummond, Mbr ha« made a tuiatake. continually passing I west nu t taro last night aud organized liona, and fmm hewewforth throw off the over ib» reala." Sb* mn*t ha»* (»ought It ««iinrwhrre ela* ” one railroad mtn Manchuria through the streets A great many Ian nsaoe tat lull for mutual protecliun galling yoke of dvi-rmb-oc* * lii<'ll "Then yon won't l«t my friend tl«v* She vk«*ul«l aot !>•* likely to make «U' h Missionarie* say America is t > extra police have been »worn in to do land promotion of the iutvrest* of their •v'a pwrainsuny bail mad* It ao «twit tar like it for five dollar*?" a miatake aw thi«, He*ldc*. the aha* I i* blame for the Japanese war scare guard duty I buaint-»*. U a r. "No,“ •aid »aid Mr Druuinmnd. provoker! Information brought here last night like other« I ha»e. I bin do you account Railroad* report business generally !•>• passenger* on the incoming The urganiraition i* one that haa long Wlit-m-h» waa by hlmsrlf b» uwi “I don't du buain»»« that way. I've I f«»r that ?** <|nrried Mr Drummond, tri M. x go' <1. though somewhat less than last li. in Central train is that all bridges I Iweu drain'd by aom« of the to pull out tta ticket amt ga>* at It with nearly thr»« dollar* by that ■hawI of »mphantly. packers, year th. (rvale*t »at 1« fact ion. as le old approaches tn Torreon on every I but which multi never be effected hero "I «lon't pretend t.i a . >>unt f->r It. and Governor Cummin«, of Iowa, wrill toad . xerpt the Mexican Central have |tofore fur the an* to unli»k th» portala of fortut»», m «al» prie» to me." don't frei «ailed «ip*»n to do so, All I reason that ssmpslitioa . n U-iH ■' amt hap] n»*« "I ahan t do It," »iilil Mr* B'ata "if hare got tn *ay la that I did not nail the resign and return lo the practice ol been burned In law. 1 he international line out of Tor I among- packer» ha* be.-n too severe But at lrn*th th» Ion* »sp»<-t»d l»tt»r you've mad» a mistake. It'* your lookout. • han I, n«»r ¡« m ket the mon*) *' ti >n. on which is located the town of I the »«-itsim now about to opea, th* pack- *r»lv«l Jiwhua .till not lita to op»n It I waan't willing Io pay more than Ihr "Ur. I»runimond. the ladle* hare r* The treasury deficit for ihr fiica! Matami-i.«, reported to be in the I era will work together for their com- in th» poatoffho, I.-st It shoulil attract th* dollar».’* turned.*’ w»i«t .Xi«, hoi« year just ending will be the large.! in h.indi of revolutionist», lias suffered I num interrsla. att»ntIon of the poatmaatrr. 11» th»»» The c. leiation will •’Aha!” »ahi hi* employer, with eiub year*. 'H1» two ladle* were abo'it tn leave «j out. Nir-* Iii.♦ k • and her friend, Mr* Mp:»**r, di-nii-» It you can prove it upon him ' Tillson A Co, all of Halem; the "I wonder if it Io a check?" thought It i* generally admitted that Bryan a.« attacked on I riday night, soon |W I h*r» riit*»r*"«| the »tore. Mr. «»nimtnon«! “I've got a .all lo mata," said Mr* 1 I i'll! tl (tea Hi>«> burg picking hulls, a. owned by llil« J.oiliiia, *toot>in< over atei pick lug it up Blake, “tmt I'll cum» In a»aiu In about • a »Jit furuard t«» inert them Ilia face will lie the I ><-niocr.itic nominee for IA Co mid Tillsoi, a t'o, Allen'* pack- But uo. It »•• an announcement of tb* an hour." president, bitt a light is expected on succeeded in running the train back to flushed, but lie tried It» look cotni*3 turning to Nir* lllak«* from *.oon to men under arms -oriliiig (0 BBWt r<. . n.d here, and Myrtle ( reek, mid tho pa. king buiiso at waa provoked to find that hr had loat two nttmbrrs drawn out of sixty fi.a, neither Ye«, air." A tornado tn South Dakota did im reinforcement* are I muik ru»!ud io I Vancouver, Wa»h. dollars and a half. and. if Walter bad of them wa* one. *'< ou»v forward, (’«»nrad,” a»»«! Mr. mrnse damage to crop* and btii'dings. Jiminez, which i’ - nd to be «ti I in Tin- n< w i*s'«eiat ion ha* formulated Slowly It dawn«) Upon Joehti* that he Iao-n In rwelpt of any wages, would hnv» I >runiiiM»nf . itrnet* which all th« the hand* of revolutionists atupiied tta amount out of hi* salary. Bat, tia.l drawn nothin*, that hia five dollar* I firm» in the combine will ii * o . One mg hi* tni'r M|>rh«iM jue»n atiaolutvly thrown away, 'tut unfortunately for thia plan of reprisal, now, I«» Hit» litkij’« t«u* tit hat jou wold ■ 'itr i- t 1« that tn I.,. u«.< I in »oiling our hero received hia l».ard only, mid Filipino leader! Ut I YOU MILLION." I’rrhai« tin* would there wa* a letter, her th* «h«wI *h* ha* <>o ** tru t to .-astern buyer«, and tho other that «uilit not very well ta lev led upon the Russian dou explain it. Joahua read a* follow» I “I c*rtainlj eay that wa i I that thev will '•r. to r»»J kfiott Irtlgr, «aw thr ladj l»rf«>r*, turning home John W Gat«* Wake* Up Slow Old tras r mg are unable io »end you ■ pria« ibi* lime hi* |»*»i-a»i.in. and Mr Drummoud d-i *d . y ■I awl, Mr NichoU?" asked hl* employer •daK* »aid Mr Druiunemd "Did you •v»r "About a fortnight ago " ! .»ho t iunded the home ill this village rhe n. w contract contain* « number b'-inc unlucky. Iud«-.|, *iii. packer unlimited n«!‘* camp by Mr* Blake ber- disastrous lire. • • in el ■ ng -n arbitrary rata of has b it the town gasping There will to aenil you In return tatter newa. w» prim-il that it i-»a|«l my attention" **lf, Nichol* looked over the l»>ok of »ale* Desperate lighting continue* be be tm other topic mentioned here fur dispute where, ns m the past, the arbi • u I mh nta ouraelvew, very re*p«-tfully, ”11»* boy I* prrfrrtlj right." »he «aid. tween faction* in Persia. and nnnoun- ed that no *uch entry muid the nest si* months Epitomized, I'r Hots Imv. I . n eh i« h from tho N*w "GltABII & t’O." “I diti n«>t buy tb«* »bawl of him Th« new eon- Mr Drummond waa surpria«! here is what Gate* did in about live I Turk Fruit Esehange. The effect of J um I iuo '* ill *mv»»« was ta found Mexican rebels have captured the hours **l»idn’t you »a> you bought the ahawI ' r irt giv « tho packer th«' privilege of to make hl tn very d.-»|.ondent He thou.ht Though not im lined to judge other* a.iy of thr I m ») Y” aafcrd .Mr Drummond, with town of Viesca The government hat filling hi* contract* with »mailer *i>e* Kissed hi* old mother. of all lie had intended to .In. and now too charitably, ta had never snap»« .««I a ahkly bur of intmrnt over- sent troops Got shaved by the town barber annur nee for president. dollars to the strert buys “ to make »lire, I "Yea,” said N¡chola ; to S.im that In» vi»lt to New Yurt waa the packer from liability in ca»e »hip •aid Ntr* Klak* ‘ l*n't ha a Ulti* Waa run home by a curiosa cr< Cleveland wa* buried in Princeton indefinitely | m >»!|» ii <»I that I*, unleaa he looked l>a< k four week*, The woman said iban tbia boy?** Bought a line stock farm fur *33,000 men! ia delayed by congestion of could indui e his father to provld* mm only a fortnight, you k now." traffic. Mr Cemetery with simple ceremonies aud and gave it to an old friend “ My *4>n JtMibua ! “ atelaltnad Then it seem* < 'onrad ta» "I Au ■ » no military display. with money enough to go. The pro*|>«'t It provide* Hint in rase of diaputo liruninkoml. Begged for "dear old 3 cent cigar ' «>n.eal«l the »ale and kept th» money. ” Io quality, «ample« for t««t »hall ta wa* not very emxMtrag'ng. but ta felt do»- There will be I 210 American tn* and smoked it blissfully Vr*. I think It muat lw ba !!*’• got "Perhapa, ” su»»>-»t«i Nichol*, who perate, and lie ilete» .lined to make the : bOXM of rather an <>l»l linking fa**, with fra» klr* tines ashore in the canal »one to keep Yelled at the son of a friend to fruit; that no allowane« for «hurt attenipt. Ari-nrd...*iy. Jtiat after »upper, rather liked Walter, "ta forgot to put It and r*ddi«b hair . Un’t so good looking a* order on election day. conic uid go to Europe with him and weight shill l.e made unless it mnoullt* lie detained In* father, Juat a* he waa down." took him along thia boy.” A Portland fruit peddler was fined "If be did, lie forgot to put th» m-ney «turning to the «lore, and ««Id Left for Chicago at II 30 last night to more than on«' per cont, and that in Jtmhntt rr|*rat** IS for staying too long in »ne place the counting trs* th«' »ire »liall include "Father, I wlah you'd let nw> go to in (be drawer, for the cash and the «alea wlkhrad. “II«- «loran’t tend in tb* •t**rr.” with Mrs Gates and the boy, after to sell hi* tail box of cherries the aevonth M-iitli brulle and tmt the fifth New York on a visit." have always balanced lie's an uufi'ate- >nc of the greatest days of his life “It waa about dinner timr,” »aid Mrs. only, tini*, t___ _ that <7 pruni'« «hall b« James S Sherman, I Republican "What for?” asked Mr. Drummond, ele ful young raaral," contluumi Mr. I'runs- Blake. “Hr wfin the only one bara.** Gate* and hi« wife will tour Europe •!• . mid in th" I" 50 «im and not 48 nominee for vice president, , is rap dly in an automobile vatlng bi» brow*. rnond. harshly "After I took him into “I»o j4>u ktm* anything alM*ut th!«. only. recovering, and will soon I be able to "Be< au«e I'tu eighti-en year* old, and my bon*» and treated him a* a soli Nir X’l«h«»la?** a*h**d Mr I »ruminomi, The new form of contract with grow travel. I'v» never been there yet." thia waa not aaying much, if Joahua ta turning to hi* h«*ad rlarb. Wurst Ice Pack Known. er« will l.e very explicit in requiring in thr moat "Then, if you've gon* eighteen year* taliev«! "he haa rolitail u>e American authorities do not i expect Light dawned upon Xtubuli II** re» Seattle, June io First to reach growers to deliver fruit cured in a flrat without weing th» city, 1 think you can cold-blooil«! maimer." ' meintwml now Joahua'»» offer to take bit iny open trouble with Venezuela N me of the fleet which sailed June I class manner, free from all burned or go a while longer," »aid hi* father, un­ Nii tvola waa aatonished by the *v id eue* ¡da<*. ami hr frh »urr In bi* own mind I hey expect to just let Castro severe was the steamship Victoria, < .ipt.iin »lack dried fruit. Th« packer I* to i .. der the mipreaaion that be had made a again»! our hem. lie did not Itk« to ubo uaa the guilty ¡«arty. ly alone. •<>le Jiulgr of ipinlity mid tlicro ia to lie Porter, who witty remark But Joahua did ool ap- think him »uiltjr, twit It certainly * arbitration in case of diatmte. “Yea. Mr. !>rutnnw»nd/* be I Harvard beat Yale in the great in pm-late the humor of It. aa if he muat ta. I lie pu.-ker ia to have tho right to “alN>ut a fortnight ago, aa i Walter * m tercolleguts boat race Secretary news of the "I've lived In Stapleton ever •in«-» I "What are you going to do about It. rather late in getting bark, JiMilma of- Tait, who is a graduate of Yale, wit we _ ___ _______ weigh back lo the grower any ______ fruit Behring sea wa* born," grumbled Joabua, “and have Mr. Drummond?" lie asked. lie neiied the race, and wa* sorely dis gated by white men, and Captain l‘<>r- ■ lack dried or othrrwl»« unsatisfactory. farad to stay in the stor* fur a while got tired u( It. I want to ae» something "I aup|ssw* I ought to have him arr-st- lUUHt bave «old lb* *hawl, but lie muat ter is authority for the statement that The packer will not I «■ required to tali* appointed of life." vessel* of the returning fleet cannot mot- <>f a grower’* crop than 10 per ed lie deaerve* it." hate (u«uM-d at the price." A collision between a freight and a rent in > ec- "I hop» you won't do that, lie may be “A nii»lake ha* hern made," «aid Mr circus tram in St Paul injured eight be expected on schedule time unless condition* have changed radica Uy m the eontraet. luti the grower muat lion.** able to »«plain It." DrummoniL hurriedly, to the ladie*, "a deliver all hi* fruit if the packer de­ person* mh < c thr Victoria «ailed Thr Vic "If I do not pro«r*d to estremiti«*. it Dilatata that you have profit«! by. "May I go. then?" I mand* it, regardlc«* of how much It accuunt of bi* rrlatlounhlp. ■hull nut be able to «ell you another *hawl A Chicago professor ha* fallen heir toria arrived in Seattle *ith Al pat "Yr*; but. of cuurwe, you will pay your will ta «vertuti* the estimate. tengrra and SiWn.ooo in gold. ■<-k now lodge.' which I to an immense fortune, mostly in se n expeuaM." for le*» than ten dollars." Ofli« er« and p4**rngrrt of the «hip The time had tiren, and that not lung "How can I?" esdaimeil Joshua. In an- Th« la-lle» went out, and Mr. Drum Idaho mine*. describe thr voyage to an«! from llrutumund felt proud of Arrest Divine He*l»r. ■Ince, when Mr. g.-y disappointment. "I have no money.” m»nd am! hl* two clerk* orto left alone. Ileney accused Ruef of plotting hi« Nome an an unprecedented battle "Then you can save up your allowunc* his relatlonahip to the rich Hquir« < ï>n Malt laske City, I'tah, June 30 The "Mr. Drummond, •aid Walter, quiet- death, and promptly called with ice Ruef (¡rr.it brrgt which drifted rad. of Willoughby ; but that was before till you have enough.” law against manslaughter haa been in ly. after what ha« happened, you will Hcney a liar. from thr Arctic ocean la«t fall, and "Have up pot* Royal Grafter*. “You haven’t taen In “You treat me like a lltll* buy'" said mend, harshly. United State* is awaiting order* to (To t»e continued.) the dist-aw A warrant for Titua’ ar Lisbon, June 30 A mas* meeting r.»t waa i**m I any particular burry However, that »»< Jn»liua, angrily. • 'eave this country Attention wa* first "You ar* letter oft than I am. I har* not what I wished to apeak to you alsmt. a*«rr Mtsaed. Shooting and looting continue in organized by the Republican* and pre called to the ease by an undertaker We have made a discovery aince you wmt sided over bv llrrn.irdino Machado, from whom Titu* att to work for all I get 1 ou get your I««rd. Two Frem tiim-n who hud quarreled Teheran, the capital of Persia, Call. ■■I to buy a out, and not • very agreeable one " the Republican lender, yesterday. coffin for hi* 2 year o clothe* and pocket tuoury for nothing " by. II* nd- agreed that their wrong* u!d t* act ing a reign of terror “1 am aorry for that," »aid Walter, not u . imc .I r- -..hr .>n- deniHiding .i vig tniit- l that he had no buri il permit "Other boy* go to New York when they Itivi only by a duel. No early on* A French passenger steamer wa» I rmis investig .tlon nt the advances and intended to I ury the chil I in hi» knowing wbat else waa espe- ted of hnn. are much younger." morning they repair«! to th* railway wrecked on the Spanish coast and I of money to the royal family and the yard. “No dtnsb« you are eorry." «urered Mr "I have told you you can go when J on ■tatloti, tiound fur a small village juat I misuse <>f public funds during the about l<>0 person* perished. like, but you mustn't espevt m» Io »upply Drummond. “I »houhl think be would ta, cake I rr*f"”<' •’’r late King Carlo* outalde Pari*. eh. Mr Nlibola?" the money.' Curtail Oil Output. A Seattle man wa* killed by a "A return ticket to F." »aid the first of ice falling down an elevator short A strong force of police surrounded Mr Drummond pul on hl, hat and “1 am sorry alao," »aid 7 Findlay, <), June 30 Janie* C. Don­ the meeting place, but there wa* n<> at the booking office. rt 0*0*4 th* street to th* store, leaving tl.< u»h rather weak minded, • nd striking him on the head. nell, general manager of the Obit* Oil interference with the speaker*, some Juehua lu a very unfillal tram* of mind hearted young man. "Nlngle for me," said the se-vind t'onipanv. ve*|-rday iaaiird a reqneat Tlnur and other provision* are get of whom were most violent in their that oil driller* of the country eurtail man, quietly. ting so high priced in Chicago that I expressions "Ho am I aorry." «aid Mr . Drummond No untoward incident* their prodvrlion until a market can tm CHAPTER XI. "Ab.' exclaim«! the first, "you ars many are scarcely able to buy enough 11<> fc place, "!• »trike« me I have moat rcaaon io t* had for the pre*, nt supply of nil. He Two day* later two wumen entered Mr aurry, cunaidering that th» lu «• ha* fallen afraid you won't «>me back, are you? to eat 1 •ay* it ia Impoaalbl* to build tankage Drummoud* store One waa Joebiia’a on me 1 have diwovered bow you have An for me. I alway* take a return." Cloudburst Flood* Hom»*. for the production and that there la A well organized ring has been dis lusloruer and she wore tb* asm* shawl repaid m» for my klndueaa. You didn't "I never do." »aid the other. "1 ai­ covered in Southern California en­ Beatrire. N'eb, June 30 —The Boue I .mg produced daily in th* lllmoi* oil which she had purchased of him. It nap think 1 wo^JI find out, but your iniquity field alono more than 100,000 barrel*. ways take tile return half from my gaged >n smuggling Chinese coolie* river at this place i* on another ram l*-n*il that Walter wa* out, but Mr l.a» providentially mm» to light." across the Mexican border y li t I tu a pocket. p»ge, caused by a two-inch rainfall Drutiimond and Nlebol* were both behind “I don't know wbat you are talking Life Sentante for Orchard. 'The precipitation the euunter. The youngest son of the late |,n,l •* rhuidburst •bout, Mr. Drummoml." aald Walter, im­ I’raellred V* Sal tie Pr*web*4. Francisco I'* placed at seven inches The rise B iso. Idaho, June 30 The eaaa of Charles Crocker, the San "Have you got any mors ahawla liba patiently. "I wish you would atop talk­ "You know, my dear, I have often ........... .... .......................... .............. ),,, second P,,r, wi" v*fy sudden, »nd water is llarrv Orchard aenteneed tn ba hanged millionaire, ha* undergone thi*?" asked th* first lady, whom we will ing In riddle*." operation for cancer of the ttomach I funning oarer "^ ’ t Court street for •aid that, like lb* rrwt of mankind, I neat Friday for the murder of eg flor- rail Mr*. Illaks. “Mr*. Mpleer, who la a “Did you ever witnesa au< h bra sen if am only a poor, weak atnner," said • I several block* Thirty families in • ernor Rteuncfil erg, will be »onaidered neighbor of mine, liked It so well ahe fmntery, Mr. Nichole?" demand»«! Mr. A Russian paper predict* that w hen | low lying section were compelled to by the alate board of pardon* Wednea Urihlt-rly, who wn* trying to exciiaa vant* to get another just like It." fh-ummond. turning to bla bead aali-«n>an ; reinforcement* arrive for the Peraim . bantl-.n their homes Traffic over the day. In •pite of the fact that Orchard "Did you buy this shawl of uaT* •A "even when ta la found out h» brazen« It one of bls misdeed». revolutionist*, the shah'* army will Union Pacific is abandoned, waler >• anxious that aentenee te carried out, "Yr* I know you have," rejoined th* ml Mr. Drumuamd. out." be defeated and the government over running over one section of the track it i* believed the board will commuta better half of the matrimonial com­ thrown. “Ye*, sir. I taught It About * I fort the Beatene* to life inipriaonment. to the depth of eight feet. “Wouldn't It ta aa well to tell him bine, "am! I never In my life saw any­ night ago, and paid five dollar* for It.' what 1« tta matter, Mr. Drummond •" Thee Rivera, Quebec, had a million "Five dollars! There must be w>me asked Nichol*, who war in ho|>e* our body as anxoua to prove the truth of Sherman Improve*. Deliver Gift* of Dead King. dollar fire. mistake. We never aell auch • shawl as hero would ta abl» to prove bi* lnn«»c»n«-» bl* *tatement* ■■ you neem to be." Cleveland. O , June so —Congress­ Lisbon. June 30.— The Portuguese that for Ir** than ten dollars." "To come to the point, did you. or did The wrapping paper tru«t ha* pleaded man James S. Sherman continue* to r.ival yacht Amelie left thi* week for Aot ^wtleewblo. "I can't help it," said Mrs Blahs, posi­ you not, a fortnight aim-». *»bo«* ahawla coat me seven dot- Bbe Yea. but 1 thought you would Ford. ”f San Franciac», ha* been plan* for him tn leave the hospital to Brazil, which he had planned ts “I did not," aald Walter, promptly. dropped. I make thia y«ar. | not later than neat Wednesday bars aud a half at who leva I*. It ¡* not lu.pruva. “It might not hnv* been •»*■ tly • fort S trong and S teady I NEWS OF THE WEEK PRUNE MEN COMBINE In a Condensed Form for Our Busy Readers. Packers oí Northwest Organize for Protection. HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS FIX PKICI TO EASTERN BUYERS