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The Man
From Brodney’s
\ isitors are tecleóme whether
Intending to purchase or not
ion can l»uv clothea
in lot» of placet»,
lots of prices
and
Rnt after
all there's eomething to
be considered in »tvle
I’h< ¡te are our strong
point«
We get an itali
viduaiitv in our cloth
in ordinary clu’hing.
There is no use telling
von that our New Fill
Œ
Suits an<l Overcoats are
in because j on expect it;
anti bebider, von always
look for the M " Üiinn
our store, ami are
never ilisappoint*'I. When you Buy your cloth
ing from us yon art' sure that you ariF getting
the pick nt llit- inarkvl.
«Sz/iLs a ad Overcoats, I/O ii/i
T.IK BLAIN CLOTHING CO
ALBVNÏ
i.77
SCIO PLANING MILLS
L. H. MONTAN YE
Attorney-at-Luic
No «rv Public and
»Heitor
of l'alriit« rim ! I’•'tin toil*.
MANUFACTURO ud DEALER IN
Sash. Doors,
JUoaldinfs,
fra a i es,
Shi a ¡¡I es Etc
Estimates and Plans for Bnildiczs
fDrmshed on short notice
s< i< >. < ) ki :
Office. 232 West 2ml. St.. Albany,
Ore
Fini Gau Aa om modal io tu And prompt Strvkr
Lufe Sample Rooms lor Commentai Trarekn
UNDER
NEW MANAGEMENT
St. LLaries Hotel
OREGON
ALBANY
1 he Best I’lxe in I’urtland U> 1st
D M M l U mmsii
J L. C auta *
i» »t
SCIO LIVERY & FtEu
STABLES
Pap’s Coffee House
at Weit ent! of l! e Morti*»n Street
bridge.
CALAVA» A MvKMOHT, Pop’».
J. MAHER
Hacks connect «itli all trama both a*
West Scio and M imker».
Our rig» olir fir.t eia»» and «sur borse*
g*«d ilriver«. Price» reasonable.
(Su«-ces»**r l< Hmcr Bn-* >
PUOI'KIETOK
T.
W eatherford & wyatt
Attorncys-at-Laic
J. MCMKCMJI,
Prmldetit
< »»liwr
The Scio State Bank
OKU.ON
SCIO
Office in lilumls rg Bo»'»
ALBANY
:
t
:
Oa«io
R. SHELTON
Real Estate
Notary Public*
A bstracts
of
T itle
Administrator of Estates
Loan«
NcgutiaU-d,
A La tracts
Obtained and Examined
OltBGON
R<IO
A. G. PRILL, M. D.
count v
Physician & Surgeon
T«*l«pli*me, Exchange No. 11
»
scio
and Incorporatoti
OREGON
DR..) MON FOO
An experienced compounder of
Cnincsc Medicines
month» had already pats.d
It »&1
alau stipulated that the
should receive CIIMJOO ra* b I at ttic rl
pl rat I* >n of their yiwr of •»•n Hude.
prusidvtl II was »howu In c<»urt that
they had carried out the u tabes of
the teatator or lu falllug bad mad*
lb<* moot diligent effort within hun iu
power
"It Is very explicit." iiiuriuiind 'Ir
ll.ire for the third time
"I auptawe
the fir«t step la t<> notify young Mr
By George Barr McCutcheon
Browne of his nilaf*>rtune
lli» lord
ship ha» th«- ta-k of bonking the tie*»
to luiily Jirpplugham '
i
R*
(Chapter I Continued)
act under thi» rlillcu u» will "
"Certainly
It i>.«.i'.>- »is it * -■«.••»i
r«- "-*!» *>f the Inebriale» asylum ire «!*•- k company retalulng fotir fiftha of lu you al the «-ml of thr s*-ir. with
io t*e «rsdllrd
Hi» wife, after eudur thè priqwrtyr thè lascile» Thla «veiiicd milling iodo iml to iioilfy iwo pei-..'>.
log him for algtevu years. *•-* urvd a lo lie « satisfa |ory arrangement. dr uf the Ivrun In Ihe wl'l
If |lw> re not
A«»vpt|iig thè w.olil aa 111» •pile thè fait that some of thè more
■livor» v
«Uioriest and married again at Ihe vml
bouw. be venture«! forili lo siali every warllke leader« «ere dlffieult io ap uf the year you ami Kir John »Imply
ills'll and «raimy of it. lu «••ur»e of ( h jo || la oulr nnesanry to adii tbal
turn everything over to the M ilay» or
lime lie cause upoti hl« o!«l time thè Iw.iullful l»lim! of Japat. standing
whatever lli«-» are
I think It » « «->
oelgtil»*r amt boy lassi friend Ta«well II.e au emerald lu Ihe »apphlre water» slisldltig for you "
•f thè orimi, brought mllllma In moti
Hkagga IP the illy of IMianghil
Nel
Young Mr Browne hasten«»! down
lber of tIwiu bad «reu ihe British isle« ey to thè two turo «ho had la*en un
tow n lii r« s|«ui»«' to a in<*s»agv from
lucky In love
tn two y«-ars <>r more
Ihe Ainerl- 1111 vy«» utor mid w is told
'Ow du you km.wr detuand«*d Tas-
Ami no*, after mote tbnn thlrtjr
of the will wlil'h had tsc«-n fil««d In
yrnr» of voluntary exlle. boti» of tbem
II
England. Ihe home land «if Ih«> testator
"lla«en't I been there, old chap? A «ere dead, ami botti of them «ere To say that this ilvm-nalr. ips»! looking
venr or us**re? It's a rotten big piare l'Urled In thè heart of an talami of ru
young gentleman w is flabbergast«*«!
where gentlemen aaplre t«» sell ghise» t«l«-s, thelr de«»! and Clelr ileeda re
would lie putting It more than mildly
and b.iiikcrvhh f» and iwvsilrwork over ■milulng lo poaterlty Süll rererva
"'Vhst »hall I do- what «an I do
tlw ab««p enumera You kmiw. Tuny. 'tona
Mr IbiwenT" he gasped, bewildered
CHAI-TEK
II
•
ih
!
I
I <»>uhl well iiff**rsl to starve.
"Consult an allot lie,a.l>l- d Vr
as nt' AoaoiRAav i«» i ursT
Wouldn't retí tilinga. «» I came nun y
ll.-w.-o I ■
l
But It's n<> l»laml "
T apix-ar» that the Mesar»
"I'll <l" Ir" »la'Utid lltililiy Browne,
"Well, that « neither here nor there.
Nkagga and Wyekh«'lme a-
one time lull flu«' k on hl» «xill*-g«.' vivi
Ja* kh*
I aveu't » 'onte ami you
Iba-lr dual sitrvvr drew Io a
Break ili<- will t*>r me. .Mr lb«w
eii.
'asen't a 'oitw and we're wamlerers on
cl*am sxH a I s 'UI to h'ltrsi whm
My wife played
the fa* e of the earth
,.ii| I hss - iiiv of their d'iughirr»
In rn, ami I'll gls••"
"I can l l«rs ik It. Ilobby
I'm Its ex
tieiistly trh'k. dilli' like that
»tlg>«tl«'li gros «»I th.«!
'. « kIhdiii«'
x utor "
uiarriage I» a bloomin' nul
laughter li.id urnrrbd *• l.*ui«!**i« urli»
"flood Issrsl* Well then wlio 1» tlu
«am r."
mined Kutin en
ì Im Huths en» li
i*r»t will breaker y*«u know, phase
"Mirrt.ige my b«>i I« ;iw convalc«
'urti h«i«l otte • lilkl » iliius'bler " yek
something lit» ti> l«e dope right away
ceñir fr**m a love affair One wants
t««luie’» wife and III» daughter dl*»
"I'm afraid you don t grasp the *ll
to g«-t out ttw worst way. but baa to «heu flit» grami* hllil wu» right **r te
ml Ion
Now. It Jell Here ih »I uiJirrlist
«lay In till tie'» Jolly well rumi
F*>r
euro ol«l
By l»»t re|»*rl the grami
t would" —
bild was living with her father II
ini part. I'm never going back to Eng
wife for ni'
”1 wouldn't
luimlotl Hlm w aa a pretty young w»>
laud "
the lulu ml» In
Thal a M a -Y
"N'* r I
II wouM lw just like me.
tmu. with ai-orea of admirer» **n tir
« •
Heil
Y««U do
Jackie, lo 'aie a rvlu|«re sud never get hand» ami a very les el heuil >*u tm
ire. Nhv'a I hi
out Again "
thou Mera.
I In
Uy*kh*'lr>e ''v'>! t«s III» agrremeti
The old friends t«»*k an Inieritnry
Ju< k Wyckholtue. gciilteuinu's s*m amt »Ith Kkagg» l«y Imquenlhlng hl» »h»r>
no «-r «!<> well, i »—»<•*»«» I filami a frac of the property to him. bin It wa
tion. an s|«|irtpe ami excellent «pirita, *l«*ni'lielr ».-I forth th It at the ihmll
f hl» partner It waa tn go to Agin"
while Taswi-ll Skaggs exhibit«*«! a Usi
ire of (I issi In a Hhanghal (sink a Rulliseli, the grand bild with reset
i all 'll*
fairly «umessfiil trade ti> t'eli'sttal rw
skngg« f> und that hl» daughter w b
c-ssIBre and an uiib«>Uiidv<l eagernere
narri, il Br**wue. tlw Aiiwrli au like
»• . I) * l> ->■ b ; - u k
“I hate a pro|««altlon to make to you. wire hud «ll>«l but timi sb«* Imd lef
Chi» *»«u. Hol*
Tu'tv.
said Mr Wy* kliolnw late In behind » *"ii and lietr
«•rt Itr* » nr was In *»li*»>l wlwn th
the night
>,* lut «III wn» ih-wlgnrxt. and he wu* t
"I think I'll listen to 'I. Jackie." re
liase Skaggs' fortune »I tile iltsilh «»
plied 'Ir Skaggs, quite »<*lwrly
As ttw out« onw of thl« midnight Wyrklwlme in vare that w* rthy •nr
proposition Tnswell Nkngg* and John » |s * d
In order to keep ttw l«U- lues» RIH
'V.nkholme arrived t*o montila later
at the tiny I s I aih I of .laimt. somewhere lhe pr«'|M-rt) Inta* t an«! under thr |M»r
tM'lual cxrutrsit *«f opr |«artiwr hip lb»
south of the Arabian sea there to re
main until thdr dying day» and there .'ramldnughtrr of Wy kholim* waa !•
marry Ihr gniiulsoii of Hkiigg» wlthli
to ai cuiuulate the wealth w hl« h gave
Ihr year after Ihr death «if tlw »UI
tlw first inumi a chance to make an
«Ising partner Thr penalty to I"' In
extraordinary will.
For thirty years
l»>nr«l iii»*u them If the < «uulilloli
they IB «-«I on ttw Island of Jnpat
were not <»>nipll«»l with, neither Io t>
iVyckbolnw precedeil Kkacgs to the
exiuanblr for the drfretlon of th
grave by two winters, and tie w 11 Ini
other, lay In thr provision that th
his sh ire of everything to Ills partner
whole Industry and It« accumulati»
of thirty years* »landing
But there
fortune Including tlw Inml land th«
was n proviso In 'Vscktioluw'« tie
ownrsl pra* th ally thr «'Ullrr Islatidi I
quest. Just a» there waa In that of were to g«* to tbr lalamlera.
Wyck
Ska.'gs Each hail mu«!«' Ill» s III aonw h«>liiM* imiimx I Hlr John Alim* rombi«
flfteen year» or more Iwfore death ami a« onr ex«» utor. anti Kkngg» relía te«’
ea*-h hid Ix'qui'altinf Ills fortune to the
Alfri'il |t«*wrn **f lb*»«*'n as thr ollwr
survivor
At the death of thè «tir
A» Wy* klioluie WS» thr first to dl*
visor the entire property waa to go to Nkagg* Is» num »«*lr ow n«-r *»f Ihr I»
tlw grandchild of each testator, with lami and It* treasure» am! it »«» h*
«•ertalii reservation» to l«e inentlonnl who made t lie Anal will in n<< olilán«-«
Inter on. ea* h having by Inveatlgatlon w |th the original plan»
«!ls»«ivern! that lie |M»ow»iwd a »Ingle
The Inlaiwl of J»| mii . with It» jewel*
gru ml*-hlld
»ml It« ancient « hatrau. **f imslrrt
The l*lnn<! of lapnt h ><! lern thr
■onstrii* tl**n represent' «I reirral mil
home of a Molliuininhn rm-e ttw «11»
l|i*n poun«!» alerting
"y*kh*'ltne'?
growth of Arabian ndsemurers w h«» Ireani uf erecting an exact replica **t
had fared far from home many years a fatm ns «'Id • hatreu fourni rr»|»*n»«
before U yckholme hupfien«-«) upon the In the r«|imlly whliushnl Kkagg». wh*
Islntul by an Went
It was a British ren*taiitly Iwtrnmn*«! thr fait that |i
|MMi»re»lon and there were two or three was liii|»M«alt*lr to s|»*ml niotwy. E**t
‘It f
BfrKHtl
the TfH h til tflhtfillflf .'
five years after Ita complet lots the tw*
thousam! Inhabitants all Mohnmuinl
from her. ami she can't <vt your« W<
■hl inris, with an army of Arabian re
W rckhi'lnw
Skaggs
mint < ««tublne against the uatlve»
laitier» sed Nublan alares, lived Ilk*
Come back tomorrow at 2.*'
oriental |»«trntatr« In Ihr hngr atra«'
Promptly nt 2 Itrowne appear««!
ture ou thr highland» o» eri«» king th*
eager eyed ami iirri«>ua Hr hn«l left
»es
behind him al lu ne a nn-« t il'o' loilti«.
Nkng'» re'doui went from «'Or pnrt
woman with ml eyes and choking
of hla h**tpr lu another without t
brvalli who lieiliotllierl the cruel ion
rill«lr
It was su saat ami »*' tat«)
v let Ion that «Ite »linai bet « veli him
rinthlnr that hr feared hr might !»•
and fortune.
come l**at forever
Ihe dungeon l«e
"But, hang
low ttw chateau and •»■• moat with marry that girl If I ha«l the • -ham ••
Ita tirlilg«'» were tlw saps*lnl delight 1«! marry you all user again today If
• f there lonely, romantic old chap«
I could." lie had cried out to Iler bill
tine of the bulhlers of Illi« rare pll'
she wuudered all nftcrmsiti If he really
was now »l«'epliig I«ra* rfiply In th*
meant It It never entcrisl her hrn«l to
»nrcoptiagu« lu-neath tlw cha|«el; th«
wonder If Lady Iu-pplnglmm wa< old
other waa lying dead and utidlaoiveml
or young, pretty or ugly, bright > r il'ill
In the very heart of hla |H«»»rRsloti»
Jmlgv Garrett had u copy "f the will
Tlw magniti« ent plana <>f tlw port
In hla hand. II«' looked dubious, even
nera would have lern a glorious trlh
«llsrnayrd
Io romance bud It not hern for
"It'« ns sound as Ihe rock «if Glbral
fatal obstacle
Tlw trouble wa*
tar." he aniioum v«l dolefully
young Ml** lluthvrn ami young
"You don t mean lt!"R: i»pe«! |»»or
Browne did not know that their
Bobby, mopping Ills fine Harvard
grandfathers II» «d
tnu< b lesa that
brow. Ills six fr«-i of nianhiwal »brink
they owned an bland In tlw a«>uth
lug perveptllily a« he l<a«ke«l als’Ul for
res«
Therefore It I« quite natural
a chair In which to colla|«»e. •Tenu'i
that they <<>ul<! not bave known they
It lie snia»h«xlt"
were exm-etc«! to marry each other
"It might be an enny matter to prove
Ml»« llutliven. from motlsrs |*r- ullar
either of tiles«' old genllemeu to hale
Io the brad am! not to the heart, «et
t«ven Insane, but the two of them to
■ils.ut to earn a title for herself Three
getber make It out of the <|ueetl«in."
mon th» la-fore tlw death <>f Mr Kkagg»
"|larn«'«l utirenmiiialilv!"
«lie waa married to l/«rd I wpplnghnm
"What do you mean. nlrT* Indig-
who i sure* si'll a title an<1 a < ountry
place that rightfully belonged to bls na ally.
"I mean oh. you know what I mean
* r«dltors
Mr Browne. Ju»t out of
tiie cotulltloii» and all that. Why. the
college, hung out hla shingle as a
•Thcr* rtnmln* «i rimare <>rr tht hrirt tn
old chump« must lune l»'«-n trying to
physl* Ian and aurgrou and forthwith
brroA thr Will."
prove their grand« hlhlreu insane when
with all the «-onfld* ncr tils profession
chased the Innd from the native«. pro- bi aup|s>»«-d to Inspire. proc«w<|e«l to they ma«le that will Noisily bill Im
mo •
levied ai.d enarri their rights with Ilie marry the daughter of a brokerage bccllrs would marry |»x.'ple they'd
er
ax-ru
I"
—
government and pria-redi-d tn réalité Itanker In Boston and at once found
"But thr will provides for a
on «bit the native« had unwittingly hlmaelf struggling with tlw dlfllcultles
months' mairtahlp. Mr. Kron tie. I'm
prepared for them
In i-oiirw of time *«f Back Bay sm-iety
lot night learn to lore
•<>rry Io aay
the native. repented of the deal wbh h
A «'laure In ttw will, letter of in
■ In
a
(a-raon
In
gave the Englishman the right to pi* k •trip flou attach«»! demand«»! that the
I tain nre. you know. e«|w
and «ell the ruble» and other prx~l**ua twu grandchildren »b<>ul«l take Up your mental
«rre pretty and an heir
«tone« that they had been trading Ibrlr residence in thè chateau within •-lolly If she
ess to half your own fortune I dare
away for »u* h trille« as «Ilka, gewgaws ■It month« after the death of the
nay that la what they were think.ng
and women
A resolution «ss Immi testator, there to remain through the
almut."
nent. whereupon the owners organ comi'tilanry days of courtship, up t"
(To I m - Continued)
isi»! thr r.itlre |r>yulatlon jutu j ^reat sud lueIurlili« (Jiv wedding day. four
Linn County Abstract Co
304
timed»Ibin Si.
Albany, Orr
Successor to the Iste Hong Wo Tong.
» of Albany, Oregon, is now pr«-i>ar.-d to
< fumtoh Chinese
es to all.
The r
1\ L. DUG SER
umlersigned rnwnmrnHi him and guar
antee» satisfaction.
Cal! or write hfm
at 117 West Secund Str««et, Al!«sny,
Oregon.
M. WtutTFAbi
Notary Public
They lb.n't Ihr« iriiLiaa
In loindon the |« »tai clerks wor\
front six to M-wn hot ra a day.
ill
Chicago they work from ten to sixteen
I h<- i <»tal service tn thia country
rs-lurt » a deficit to the govt r itn nt
while in Great Britain it returns a
surplus The difference i» more th n
rvprearT.ted by the plain graft of the
railway mail charges.
in England the different I ranches of
the ihm I a I service haw utmost fie ikon
of s|iet < h and of association.
They
laiMiah tr adt a papers that not only
» sagely critici»>> (»••tai official», but
idles. I them. The» unite withoutsi-ie
t: a< • fi-Is ration» and make sny d< iii.uul
they see lit for better working eon*
;itioi - in ! fa. iliti.»»
When they don't
’<■1 i .mi, ai d the Engliah official» nil id
a-low to gtaap advai.tag< a proposed,
'h<- kicl s r is not fireii or su»| rmlcd.
In thia country the |»>atal clerks are
s>mp< < d by rs u.m of gag rule in the
egulation of their off sial trade papers
i> m.i <• their kicks t) r< ugh a renaffade,
inofhcia . outlaw magailnr, which the
epartim • t officials in their jietty spile
ef.iac -< con ! elu»a i«»»tal rate*
Th'»
'iagnr.ine is compellcel to pay eight
tiniw the rsgular |-stal rates which
the law allows It
It is callvtl the
lari i <>n aril la publishesl in llcnvrr,
tnd it »ms is dm » ha’|os>n the depart-
nent Rtnita and buliicn who «fills t the
saitil m rvice.
II- caua th. eslitorof one of the poat.ll
ler-H niigis. ioa mildly criticiasd the
ghts in the work room of the Seattle
o- toffice. vi.irnl a kick al the clerka
«ing ermiellrd Io work kitigvr houia
han ever l-v a n> ss rule, anil publ ahvd
notiwof lh<' llar|»on that huit
he clerk has been si -pvtids-d and will
robaldy lx* discharged for inaubordi*
mt ton.
For years ths- railway mail rani have
ven a diligrace ami fraud
Thr comps-
.lea build tl'.i'in and charge enough rent
o rebuilt) tiifin every
year. They
'hargv more n ileagr for hauling them
I an they do private par t v» fur private
it»
They ibiirgr eight times tie
iriet■» for carrying the mall in these
nr that lin y du the rxpri-»»companies
i addition to the mileage anil rent.
.*hi ae cars are the weakest, oldest,
nost worth)»'» care in the yards made
ver io I"-
ething between ■ hug car
nd a smoker. The men are crushed to
vath frequently bei au»e the heavy
nglm » on om* «-nd and the »*r«-l tru»»i-d
Hillman» on the other smash Into them
n every collision ami < iu»h lh< ir roti« n
lank« Ilk«' egg »hells.
In many wrecks »!>•• only cars crushed
re the mail car», ami ths1 only n e i
ripi>l<'i| «ir kdle«l are the mail clerks.
Vs risks th«- Ilf«' ms'irani-e «■omparji« «
on-i l«'r m id cl« rk» Ml | xt « ent nwirr
•witly thn > m !uu«r> train men. Th«-»««
•l«l < an are not provide-! with any
tMidern coiivcnii iic«'» and the mail rack s
nd • i <• - are not up to dal. -. but th«'
hnrg«« ar«-. For these death trap»
iml mundcr machines the railnss«! re-
civ«- I annually <■« «nigh to build a gm.l
•ar ami ¡m\ inter« st. repairs and «inking
fuml on it every six weeks.
Th« |»>»tofiic.' department pngs the
•nail clerk» with a rule that forbid«
their making p'lbln*
the farts. To
violate it is dismissal. To make a kick
to the departm«'Ht is to la* a marked
man, ami indirectly r<- <ult» in dismissal
every lime. To w rite to a congressman
on th«' conditbm« ami to « sfs«ae the rail
way graft 1» instant dismissal. S«mc
'in n do il, ami resign al th«' satin- time.
Ami sum«' resign an l say nothing be-
r ills they la livve that th«' rongrvssmvn
-t iml in with th«- railway steal, anyhow.
». . '
Th' p'stal ■ in .loves in Portland will
wor s for the Christmas holidays from
l.'i to 1» hours a day. They will r«*ceiv«
mi « xtra pay for overtime. They will
Io thn for as low as »"Hl a month.
I ll«-v -lanil I have emuigh extra help to
do this work in eight hours. The rail
way mail clerks will work .'M hours at a
»tret h in rickety', unsanitary, ill heated
rotten cars. '1 hey shoultl hav«' help
«■mi ■» h t i take up thia extra work «lu
ring th«- holiday sraaon. They will re
cetve m> extra |»av. ami if there i« any-
Issly killed in a collision It will la- a
mail clerk bui»y over hi« letter« ami
I hi k«g> , or |»««sibly trying to sleep on
tlw p I«-- of unworked mail around him.
'I his romhtion of affairs exists be-
ramm th«' watered stock of th«' railroaiia
ne«''ls dividend« to keep it alive. Th«'
.lepiirtnicnt officials dread publicity,
and their only recourac to prevent it is
th« discharge of whoever tel'a them
anything or tells the public anything.
One thing thr railway mail rlerka
object to is th«- vile comiition in which
the railroiuls keep the water tanks in
which the drinking wati'r la storml.
The tanks are rarely cleanest out, ami
deatl rats have l«<-<-n diseovere«i in three
tanks that ha c l««-en there for w«'«'ka!
A kick from some clerk on theav occa
sions brings discharge.
To publish
th«m in th«- r«rog"it<"l papers brings in
<!ia« barge
Th«- writing to a congress,
man al««ut rat soup am! past board cars
brings in discharge. The irag» on free
«pvech ami a free press plac«"! on th«1
mouths of I he employes of thr fasHtal
service is what thr same officials are
anxious Io place on th«- | m <>p|r. Peoples
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furniture tn o.k, maple or fir. Call anti
••• h . I«-t of pattarne at the Sri«
Planing Mi.I.
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