The Santiam news., March 10, 1911, Image 5

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Hm T n Property tl $tlP
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The uisirrsigned have catabliahed on*
of the beat selling agencx«« in the state
to handle fruit lands, improved farms,
town or business property. Write at
once what you have to sell and catch
the early buyers who are coming to
On-gon. Address E. Hofer A Sons.
201 U. S. National Bank. S^ern, Ore.
If you have trouble in getting nd of
your cold you may know that you are
not treating it properly. There is no
reason why a cold should hang on for
weeks and it will not if you take
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. For
sale by all dealers.
Honorable
Senator •’
Sagebrush
By
FRANCIS LYNDE
Copyright. 1910. by Street
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- "SOUND
ADVICE
The soundest advice
the bent real estate
lawver can give yon
[egarding a purchase
of property, is to have
an abstract of it be­
fore the deal is closet).
Our Abstracts are
Thorough, Absolutely
Accurate histories of
the property—they are
absolu'ely safe guides
to buy by as regards
•the validity of the title
’ina County Abstract Co.
303 Br osisi bin St.
tl.lt A NY
OREGON
DR. W. R. BILYEU
DENTIST
OVER WOODWORTHS DRUJ STOR
ALBANY
r. J
BOTH PHONES
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OREQO'-
W. A
WCNKKM.
K«IN q
Ca/iier
The Scio State Bank
Take« rare of your money, using the uttno
diligent for jrcmr mtety II «kN» a Mrkrfly
bwiiking bu«H»r«- take« cam of your
chr« k« on other bunk». make*
•rat» fc-ra for you tuah* kani
ron«l*trnt with »<*>.
cnnaervatlra bual
iiiwi mathoda
The Beal Place in For I land to Eat
if al
Pap’s Coffee House
st Went end uf ths Morrison Street
bridge.
CHARLES J. MAHER
(Successor U- Riner Rr<«.)
PROPRIETOR
Nonce tor Publication
Department of the Interior,
United
States Land Office
Portland. Ore., Feb. 4. 1911.
Notice is hereby given that Georg •
W. Huskey, of Foster. Oregon, wh >.
on June 15, 1909, made Homestead
entry. Serial No. 02003, for E i NW I
and SWf NEj. Section 22. Township 13
South, Range 2 Eaet, Willamette Men
dian. has filed notice of intention to
make Final Commutation Proof, to
establish claim to the land above
described, before the Register and Re
reiver of the United States Land Office,
at Portland. Oregon, on the 16th day of
March, 1911.
Claimant names as witnesses:
J. J. Kimbrough
YV. W. Dundon
E. Tolbert
Arthur Menear
All of Fooler. Oregon.
H. F H igby
Register
First publication Feb. 10. 1911.
Last publication Meh. 10, 1911.
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Smith
.11,
that he might close the door
"It Is you who bare the distorte«!
’ pcr«|M*ctive. Evan." she couriered.
"Where are yon goingT’
"i ntn going west «lay after tomor­
row "
"How odd!” she said
"We are go­
ing west, too |>apa and I though not
quite so soon ns Monday."
'The dickens she docs!" said Gan­
You are*’ be queried. ’Where­
try In hearty sympathy "Tough. Isn’t about* In the westT’
It, old man? What’s the obstacle?"
Rhe «lid not tell him where
Th*
■’It Is Miss Anncrs’ career She has
car motor was whirring, the ebnuf
beeu studying nt home and abroad In
feiir was swinging up tn his sent tie
prv|«nitl»t> for aortal settlement work
hind the pilot wheel, and th«« ol<! gen
lu the large cities. Of course I knew
firman In the tonneau wnn growing
nls.ut It
But I thought I hoped"-—
«¡nite violently Impatient
"You to<ped It was only a young wo­
man’s fad. which It probably is.” Can- ' ”1 shan't any goodby/’ she sab! hastl
ly. giving him her hind at parting,
try cut In.
"nor shall I tell you when* we uro go­
"Y res. I’m afraid that was Just
ing
l.et It tie auf Wiedersehen till
what I did hope. I *li k But I couMn’'.
we meet again ”
talk lignlnst It
iotlf-'ilud It all. you
can’t go ulaout smashing Idvnls for the
CHA ITER U
people you love best!"
It was quite late when Gantry, plead­
Tur nos*.
ing weariness on the score of hta b ird
N a private dinlug room In the In
week’s work at the railroad meeting,
tertnouutnln hotel, who««* en
went to bed.
franco portico faces th«- capltol
In the lung talk with Gantry Blount
grounds In th«« chief city of the
had learned many things alieut the po­ Ragebrunh State, two ui«-n were finish
litical situation lu bin native state— Ing dinner
things which were enlightening, If n<>t
On the guest tsiok of th«- Inter
particularly encouraging
mountain one of the men bad regia-
Oddly enough, be ha<l u«t recognized ter««! from Chicago. Tlir name was
In Gantry a skillful -pc- ml pleader fur Illegible to the cursory eye. but since
the railroad Interests, lieu««- lie war It was the signature uf an empire
prvpiirlug to go to the new Held with builder It was sufficiently well known
a rather strong prv|»>ss«s»lun lu favor lu all the vast region serv««l by the
of th«- defendant <or|s>ratl<>n Gantry Transcontinental railway system.
had Intimated pretty bro idly that there
The owner of the name had finished
was room fur an assistant <-or|»>rntlou his lee and waa sitting back to clip the
counsel fur the railroad, with bend
«•nd from a very luug aud very black
quarters in the capital of bls native cigar,
lie was a man past middle
state lllount in* nt once that the re­ age. larg,* fraui«*«l and heavy. with the
quirements would Is- political rather
s«iuar«-. resolute face of a born master
than legal, ami In bls min i s eye he
of circumstance«.
saw himself standing firmly ns the de­
I lioiii.li he fig u cel only as the first
fender <>f legitimate buslm ss rights In vice president of the Transcontinental
a region where [sqiulur prejudice was < otupany, Hardwick Met 1« kar was
■lipnble of rHing to anarchistic height«
r illy the nctlve head of its affairs and
The picture rather plrWsed him He the director of Its policy.
wtiulil not hare to-eii a true de« undent
Across the «mall round table sat the
>f tie n.-blltlg Itb'Unts of T.-un--s-.<•«• If railway magnate’s dluuer guest, a man
the |in«(el of a conflict had been wl..i was more than McVicker's match
other than Inspiring
in big lM>n««i. square shoulder«! phy
It was after the tuto-a had been slque, a man wboee half century was
knocked from lb«» Li-dtlm» pipe that
written only in the thick grizzled hair
lllount left Ida chair aud th* •«*■ luded and heavy graying mustaches
corner of ib* verniid.i to gu and wan­
"I wish I could convince you that
der among the parked automobiles on It Isn't worth while to hold tue at
the lawn.
r.rui'a length, senator." McVIckar was
Blount bad just awakened a sleepy saying
"You know ns well as 1 do
chauffeur to ask him to uncover the i that under the prvneut taw In this
engine of a uew Italian car when a ' state we are practically itauknipt
stir at the veranda entrnn e told him We do a losing business from the mo­
that at least a few uf( the dam-lug ment we enms your state line.”
gu«-sts were leaving early.
’’Y«-«; It seems to uie that I have
He drew beck wb«-ti the little group heard something like that before."
an the veranda came down the stef«. was the nou 'otutnltial rejoinder.
[•receded by a club footman, who was
"You have hoard tbe simple troth,
calling the number of the car. And It then. And It 1a a Imld Injustice not
was not uutll he was turnlug away only to the railroad, but 1» the |w-o
that be found himself face to face with l>le It serve«. We can't give n<!««)unte
• very l«eautiful and very clear eyed service when the co«t eiceeds the
young woman who wit» buttoning an earnings."
tutotnobllc dust ' «I up under b«-r chin
"And you are unable to convince the
•Tatrl« la!" lie burst out. "For pity's members of the rallrosd commission?"
sake, you don’t mean to tell me that asked the man whom the vice presl
you have been here all the evening?*'
dent addressed ns "senator ”
Her quiet smile gnve the Impression
"You know well enough that we
not quite of frigidity perhaps, but of can’t convince an anti railroad com
that quality of oereue self posaeealon ' mission." was tbe half angry retort
which strangers sometimes mtstisik for
"Yet you are still running the rail
coldness.
1 road," suggested the otta-r
"Why shouldn’t 1 be here?" she I ’’Yea; Im-klly the Transcontinental
asked
"Didn’t you know that the i system does not lie wholly within your
Cranfords, the people wh«> are enter
state bonndarle« If It <114 we might
talnlng. were old friends of ours?"
as well surrender our «-barter and go
ItloKiit shook ill« head. “No. I didn't out of bunloMM.’*
know it. ami because I didn't I have
"All of which has come to be s pret­
lost an entire evening. It was cruel ty old story. McVIckar." nahl the Ila
of you to deny me this last evening tener quietly. “Yon didn't make me
motor thirty miles to hear you tell It
Patricia.“
“ -Tfata last evening?'" she echoed all over again. I know What do you
want?"
“Why ’last?’ "
"Because I am leaving Boston anal
••We want a square deal.“ wa« the
New England Monday. it ta the «uly ■ enrt reply.
"Ro do the people of tbla atate." as
thing to do."
”1 am sorry you are taking It this aerte«i the man across th* »«Me ’ T zd
way. Evan." she deprecated In the sis­ blsd ua, Jlardwk-k bled ua to death
terly tone that always made him hot
while you bad the chame. Y»u are
ly resentful, “it hurt« my sense of Justly. If not legally, In debt to »very
proportion."
tuan In th!» atats who bad ever ahl|<-
■Sometimes I think you haven’t any ¡*d a carload of freight or petd a pas
sense of proportion. Patricia," he said ■cugar faro over yuur line before the
half morosely “if yon have I am sure j present rate taw went tutu effect.“
It 1« dreadfully distorted "
Tbe vice president ent up and put
A white hair««! old gentleman In the hta elbows on the edge uf the table.
"You are too many for me. Blount
tonneau was calling impatiently to Pa­
tricia to com» and take, her place so and I’m no •rrtantl' » at the caiaa el
I
ther. tu ail tRe years we v» uk'kered
together yuu'v» always been a cun
•latent tighter fur ><ur own baud.
What's happened to you? Have you
acquire«! a uew set of «-ouvlctlun*. or
la this ouly a different way of whip­
ping th«- devil around tbe stump?"
"Ob. I don't know." returned the
gu«s»t
“We are all growing older
and Wiser perhaps You don't deny
the debt y«>u owe ua. <!<« you?"
"Do wo owe you anything. BlountT*
asked tbe magnate pointedly "If we
d<> we are willing to pay It In »pot
cash on deiuau«l "
The big mau <>u the other side of the
table was leaning ba«k In his chair
with his hands In his porketa. and th«*
•tulle wrinkling at the comers of his
eyes was half genial, half satirical
"It's lucky we are alone. McVIckar."
he said "A third party might Imagine
that you are trying to bribe me."
"That's all right. Blount.
We un
<1«-rstand each oth«-r
Nothing for
nothing Is the accepted rol<- In this
w>«rld of ours, and we all recognise
It
You are figuring on something I
know you are Name It if It 1« any
thing l«-s« than a mortgage ou the
earth and one or two of the planets
I’ll g«-t It for you "
“I am afraM w« are more than a
nitle or two apart yet." sahi the man
who was not smoking after a long
tuli sua ruvl»<i n> tinnì»
ms "
minute "Let's go back to the l«eglti
nlug and »tart over again. I sal«t that
1 u Is
Hj. to I - tl«.- lu It
«•rtior
.
"I know you dl«l. and I said b*
wouldn't be. not it we «an help It,”
•nl«l tb>* railway magnate, with equal
deteriiillialloii
"The methods you will take to de
feat him will Insure hie ehs llon Me
Vlckar You fellows are mighty «low
to l«-aro your lesson
You «lou t know
anything but bribery. Tbe limes have
changed, anil you have not «hang«-1
wlt'i them
I sny.Gonloti will l-<- th--
next governor."
Again there was a strnlmsl alienee
It was the vice preeldent who broke
It.
"If we hnii the aaf«M kind of ma
Jortty in the legislature we couldn't
t>e sure of accomplishing anything
with Gordon In the goveruoFs office."
be asaerted
"You don’t need to be
told that."
“Oh. I don’t know." wa« the enlm
rejoluiler "G<>r«b>n Is an tomcat man
and a fair mau
If you could go to
him with clean hands, but you could
not do that. .McVI-kar.
You’re too
badly «>ut of praetk-e”
"You are not putting II quite fairly,
wnator
We are too badly whipped
to lake any ehan< ••«.’’
"I know That la what y<m always
•ay. and you have said It ao much,
you ami yowr fellow railroad man
agent, that you have loet the straight
forward combination Y«u don’t know
how to make a cleuti fight, and it's
your own fault."
<»n« <- mor»- the man with the square
Jaw took time to consider.
"Tour’re sparring with me. Blount,“
he said finally
"You are talking to
me ns you might talk Io a committee
of the G« m «I Government league l-rt'a
get together You control the [«otltlcal
situation, and we rrcognlxe that fact.
Meet me halfway and tell me what
you want"
“I want a aquare deni all around.
Hardwick: that’» all. Ami you've got
to make a dean fight thia tin»« If you
want me with you
A new day h.«s
dawned In American politics
I ami
my kind recognise It. atxl yon am!
your kln«l don’t seem to re'-ognixe It
That Is the difference between us. In
the present ease It cornea down to
thl« You are going to fight for a rail
r<»nd majority In the legislature, and
y«m want Reynold« foe the head of
the ticket l*e> iiu«e you know that yon
can depend upon his veto If you don't
got your majority. You are not going to
get Reynolds or the majority elthei
without the help of the |>arty organ
Datlon.”
"We can put It elmplrr than that."
said tbe railroad man. "We get noth
tng without your help as the tomd of
the [mrty organltat!«»n That la why I
a«k<-d you hero to dinner with me to
night."
"1 have t«een wondering for the last
half hour If you really t>eileve that
you nee«! me. McVIckar When I gave
you fair warning two year« ago you
wooMn't take It. and we dh! you up
Are you «»»re you are ready u««w to
holler envugh*’
I
*'There la a limit to all things, sens-
tor. ar.«! rou are pushing ne pretty
well up to It I supp -«• you i-au swing
th«« legislature. «nJ )<>u can have It
am! t«e hanged! We’ll have our gov­
ernor and our attorney general."
"You are betting on that, are you?"
•tnlied the man In the <>p|M>site chair.
"!• that y«>ur declaration of war?"
“Call It auythlng you like
We are
not going to be leglalated off the map
If we can help It Strong aa your ma­
chine Is. you cen't »wing Gurdon lu
• gainst Reynolds If we put up the
right kind of fight, am! when It
comes to Raukln fur attorney general
you simply haven't another mau in
the party tu put up against him “
''You've set(i«-d this definitely In
your own mind, have you. Hardwick’"
was the quiet .[tiestlou
"I'm eorry.
I’ve beeu hoping you had learn«««! yuur
lesson you aud your tribe
I came
here thia evrulug prepared to show
you a decent way out of your trou­
bles. su far ae thia state Is com-era
ed"
|
Ygnlu tbe railroad magnate put hta
eltsiws on th«1 table edge "Whnt wee
your 'dei’vut way.' major?" he asked,
using for the first tiiu«- the courtesy
title by whl'Ui tbe ei senator was le-st
know n In bl« home country.
"I don't mind telling you. though
you win «-all It an old man's foolish
ne«s
| ha«<- a grown sou, McVIckar.
Did you know that?"
•Yre."
"He Is a lawyer, and u pretty bright
one. they tell ho-
Aa I huppcii lo
know, he 1« well u|> on tbe corporation
side of th«- argument, ni.d I have been
afruld be would marry and nettlu
down sotua >« lii-re III the east. I'm
a ’Ing old llunlvvl'k, aud lit ilk«* tu
have him w|:h me
Out of that no­
tion grew nnothei
I «aid to uiyselt
If M
I have c |
clean i iit young man representing his
railroad, a mini who not only km-w hl«
biialnrss In the courts, but might nl««»
know how to plead hi« elleiit's case
b.fore the public if McVIckar could
liav<* su* b a uuin na that for his t <>r
l" rat|ou <<>un««-l and would agree to
live «*.m«*w li.-r«* vvlthln shouting dis­
tance of au< b a young man'a Ideals
we might all be persuaded to bury
the lint* het inn! ID ■* In pence and am­
ity.”
A slow smile spread Itself over the
strong fq»** of tlie railway magnate.
"Why didn't you say lu the beginning
that you wauled a ptaet* for your
boy *’
' I'm not saying It now," was the
sober retort. "You forget that you
have Just lu-eti telling me that Juu
don’t Inteud tu comply with the cun
<llil. ■' '
"What conditionY*
"That vou turn over a new leaf mid
meet the [s«*ple of tills state half
way."
"There ian't any bulfway ¡M>lnt lu
a fight for life
You know that as
w<-!l an I do. But we’ll give your aon
the I'lu* e gladly.”
The man who had om-e been hta own
foreman <>f roundups straightened him-
self In Ids < hair and smote the table
with bls fist.
"No. by thuuder. you won’t not In
a th"U»ai*<l years, McVIckar! Maybe
you <-<>uld buy me maybe you have
bought me In time« |»a«t but you can’t
buy that boy! I.laten and I’ll tell you
what I'm going to do. I telegraphed
him this aftrrnoon. telling him to
throw up hta Job In Boston and come
out here. If he comes pretty soon he
will lie legally a cltisen of the state
before <*bs tl««n
You said we didn’t
have anytaxly but Itanklu to ran for
attorney general
I'll show you If wo
haven't!”
Mr l!ar<lwl* k McVh-kar was not of
those who fight ns men l<eallng tbe
wind. Whnt time the deft waiter was
clrarlng the table and serving th«
small coffees tie kept silence, but when
the time was fully rl|>e hi* aald what
there was to be said
"You’ve got ua by the n«|*e of the
neck, aa usual, Blount," he said.
"Name your terma.”
”1 hnvo nnmevl them
Get In line
with th«* new puMI<- •<|<lnlon. atxl we'll
do w hat we ran for you "
McVIckar bad anticipated the thing
which was about to happen, not pre-
ciseiy in its present form, perbapo. but
In some form whl< h would Involve the
pr**vl«llng of a place for the senators
•on. and he nmllrd Inwnrdly when be
remembered that he had given Gantry,
lb» division traffic manager of tbe
Transcontinental. Instruction» tn look
up one Evan Blount, a young lawyer,
on hta next visit to Boaton
By all odds It would tie lietter to wait
for Gnntry'a report before taking any
derided str[«a In tbe Imrgalnlng with
Evati Blount’s fatto-r. but unhappily
tbe crista had arrived, and quite proto
ably It could not Im poatponed. Nona
the toss the vice president triM for tbe
[ mm I [»me men t.
"You're asking a g*e*d deni. Blount,
ami you don’t -«-em to realize It. If
«e should ngre<- to meet th«- people of
thta state halfway, as you sugges<.
«bit gunranly have we that we won't
lie «.-otnpelhrd to go all tbe way?”
(Continued next week)