The Santiam news. (Scio, Linn County, Or.) 1897-1917, March 17, 1911, Image 5

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Newspaper Page TextReport o< the CoAditkn <4 Itti. SVIO STAI» BANK At Sc», tn the State of Oregon. at the close of business March ‘ , 1911 RKSOt'IU'KlI Overdrafts, secured and unsecured . ................. 1.026. u9 Borsts, aecuntie«. etc............. 10.322 15 Banking bouse, furniture ami fixture« ............... Senatort Sagebrush 937,339.10 Í Ix>ana and discounts.............. 5,000.00 1 Cash and due from approved reserve banka.................. 46,902. W Check# and other cash items 55H.5M By Total .................... 106.H47.30 I RANCIS LY.NDI: UAHIUTtCS Capital stock paid in.............. $10,000.00 J 2,045.00 Surplus fund . . ................ Undivided profit«, h-aa expen- 4SMI 77 1 see amt taxes paid ........ Indivaiual depoaita subject to check ........ ................ 83,421.82 I), mand certificates of deposit ............................ .. lO.xHH 21 i Liabilities other than thoee 1U0.50 above stated...................... 106,1*47. 0 i Total State of Oregon. 1 ss County of Linn Copyright. 1910 ’ I. W. A Ewing, cashier of the abov named bank, do solemnly swear tha the above statement is true to the be-t of my knowledge and belief. W. A. E wing , Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before m this 15th day of March, 1911. J as . A. B ilykv . Notary Public The Ano lined wrinkle* were appear- Ing ngnln nt the curners of the hered itary Blount eye*. "Y«u can’t quite rixe to the occasion, can you. Hardwick?" »lulled tbe Um*. ’You’d like to be g. • rt. of eouriu- but you want to tie cocksure tx-f-ri-lumd that It Isn’t going to i-oxt t «. iuu< h ' "I’m only asking for a little time In which to con- der It." was tin- vice president's final word. • I’Ve h»h| Voti twr-en now and election nliat 1 am going to do." "Yon know- very well that «c can't allow you to do wt.nl yon With an unfriendly attorney churra I we might a* well go out of bus Ine«« Sent an Inst “ “It la up to y mi . McVicker.” «ai the ra'ru reply CHAPTER III A VAI SK ..Al l OI- U» The soundest advice the best real estate lawver cun give you regarding a purchase of property, is to have an abstract of it be fore the deal is closed. Our Abstracts are Thoronf’h, Absolutely Accurate histories of the property—they are absolutely safe guides to buy by as regards the validity of the title Lina C oüd U Abstract Co. JOJ B«^4*lbn St OREGON ALBANY 1>R. W. R. BILYEU DENTIST OVER WOODWORTHS DRUG STORE BOTH PHONES OREGON ALBANY . A. S«tMU T. J. MCMKKM, Cas'-lar Prem« ietti The Scio State Bank T»kr* <'*r* of your money, n«lng th« tituio»’ dillgvnc* tor j»Mir mtrty It <!<*• a MrUtly banktntf buoina^; take« carr of your check« on o’hrr banka, makes •ran 1« r« for you mak«i* kun» ron«i«trnt with •<«*. cnfwrvailVs bust n«MMt nMrtbotla The Beet Place in Portland to Eat is at Pap’s Coffee House at West end of the Morriaon Street bridge. CHARLES J. MAHER (flucceaeor tc Riner Brea.) PROPRIETOR. Chamberlain s Never taita. Bay It bow . k may ■*« 1st« » -:tr* S a «-hurlisli fat«- drt-rerj It turn ed out ll’iil Blount was not to L • - .. ■ companion beyond Chicago On lire ■ .1 d.n "f w.--i«.ird f iring the mllrond man. whose Irustiiv** fol lowed him wlien-ier lie went, had In- structloiia to nu-et Mr Hardwick Me- hi the Illi* Vh-kar. hi« vice prr* » not* metropolis, timl t <»ii lit«* in«»rnlhtf of the following day llh'llUt his journey alone Twenty four hour* Inter th«' etpntrV nted westerner bud crossed hl« Bold con. otherwise the clay colored «tr»-nm of tile Mls-ourl river nt »>ti hr» un i had enter«! up.-a w t,i .i -'igtit’ to have lieeu fiitnlll-ir should have lieen and were not, »<• niauy and aren! were rhe chancea wrought during his In the fourteen years of absence smoking car he fell Into talk with a pn>«t>erou* looking man whose thin, hawklike face wan no out of keeping with the air of pr<>«|-«-rlty n lone pair senger who bad isnirded the train at Omaha At Or*t their «-oinerstl«m was bold ly desultory The tin wk facet] one. It seemed, was a mine owner whose property, vnguely located sotnew here "In the monutaln«." was Involved in dlllgnllon It w »» the reference to the litigation which first drew Blount Ire yond the i-omino-ifilaei «. the awukened Interest being wholly |>rof«---i<>mil Oddly enough, since he hnd never ei|>e<-tr-d to n*e It. lie had apeclallned somewhat in mining law. and before many miles had lieen clicked off un der the drumming truck* of the Pull man he found himself git Ing opinion« and laying down plans of procedure for lite man who, invewtlng In mines, bad apparently purchased more trou ble than profit* Into tbe cleft thus opened by the at of business tbe hawk faced man In •cried a wedge of cnutlous inquiry In addition to hl« mining pmpertlea. be had ix-eti making lu>estmenl* In tlmberland* luid lu»raiment*. he fe*r cd. since the government hnd late ly taken such a decided aland against the cutting of tlmlx-r In the new for ml reserve*. Again Blount was good naturedly helpful One of hl* clas«matrs lu the law echoed had l*-en preparing him«.-if to enter the legal branch of tbe forest service, am! Blount tuid acquired at second band a «orbing knowledge of the forestry situation In the west am! if the legal statu* of the western tlm tier pirates Moreover, be had very dear and decided opinion* npno the 1 question of the con*«-rvntl--n of the na tion a timber resour«-«-*. and he wa* i frank enough to elprrsa them etnphst- I lea lly If he bad hern lea* unsuspicious hr might hove remarked thr quickened attention of tlte prusperoua l-siklng IM-rson who aeetnrd so willing to take advice from a chance acquaintance "If you w ere a government man your self you could bardiv put tbe case by Street ® Smith •tronger." was the smiling coinim-ntary of till* |wr*oti. wbo was as yet name- ics* to Blount. "How do you know I am not a gov ernment man?" said the et|>atrlatr. willlug enough to play tbe game as tbe cards should fall "Kecuusr you are not traveling on government tnius|H»rtuiiou," ws* thr shrewd reply. "You can’t tell anything by that.” It ■ said. loglr'.tig i g-» *1 m * 1 »' ch Ilian employees u, tlie government travel ou regular tickets like other people.” "I know they do.” admitted tbe otb er. and Hirn. with a »harp side gleu-<■ w hicti Blount missed. • «-ape« tally if trn-y are traveling ou a secret mission ” "You iM-edu t lx- nlarmed You brv'e not told me auytbiug the government could make use of." returned Blouut. tarry lug tbe Jest one n«-rssary move further along It was pre» Isely at this point, a* Blount remembered afterward, that the forestry subject was dropped I. n tier J_h> • .:. tool .I ■. • • • ba. k to mining ami from mining into |M>ntlc*. th« bnwk face»» man announc ed lit* Intention of going back to hl* «-> thru lu thr Issly of the car to lake a nap A little further along toward evening thr great range Which hail lieen ' Isllile for boor* In the west Is-gnu to »feline Itself In |ienk* and high, laild «boulder Ing* of wind swept mesas, and Blouut wa* glad to find *otne stirring* of tbe homecoming wanderer* quickened pulse an«weeing to tbe nearer »lew of the mountain*. Al tbe dining car dinner wbt. li wa* •erred while tbs’ high |>enk« of Ihe nmlu range were «till retfectlng the crimson and gold of the *1:11*01. Blount nil«»«! hi* lum-hron companion Now t!»»t hr rm-allt*! It lie remem bered that be had *ecn nothing of tim hawk faced man »luce the early after noon But thr ulneme of compttuk»» «hip was a relief rather than a depriva tion. Almost without knowing It lie found himself hastening through hl* itlnurr »0 that lie might return to lite Bullman wlmbiW. M lieu at length be had the longed for «Ight of u bunch uf cattle, with tlx- solitary night to-rd hanging by cue leg lu tbe saddle to watch thr passing train, the call of the west wa* once more truui|>etlng In hi* rar* At a small timber shipping station well within the mountain* where the log* were shot down lu the mill* In a trough like water chute from the wood «1 heights twenty tulle* distant there was a longer sto|> than usual, and Blount got off to mnke Inquiries There wti« a freight wres-k at some point a few mile« farther west, and the train would protmbly !*• delayed for «e»eral hour* By till« time Blount was on well re member«! ground Forty tulles awr.y tn n direction somewhat east of north l«T the Blount htitne domain, where lie had spent hl* happy feiyhood An hour’s gallop to the westward the level ray* of the netting *un would Iw play ing upon the little station of Painted lint, which had Iws-n the *til|iplng |>olnt for the home ran -h. And halfway lie- twis-n ralnf«l Hat ami the CJrcis Bar lay the horse »-orraU'of oue Pelildeby. a hermit of the mountain« and tbe boy Evan's earliest «choolmnstrr in tbe great tMxik of nature. Mince lllount could not go on by train, what was to prevent the taking of an Immediate and delightful plunge Into the laul of heart «tlrrlng rwcul feet Iona? Arranging with tbe Pullman «>n ductor to have hl* baud liaggage left In Hantry'a office at the capital. Blount crosa«l quickly to a livery ata Ide op posit* the atatlon. bargain«! for a sad dle horse, feirrowed a poncho and a pair of legging* and presently, with the squeak of the »addle leather mak ing awret muaic In Ida ears, had bro ken violently, for the moment at least, with all tbe civilized traditions II* would go to see (tehbleby; drop In upon the oh! ranchman without warning and tbn* get bl* first taste of the homeland unmlvnl with any of the dlsaptiolntlng changes which were dixibtlrsa awaiting him at th« real journey's end. Kow' it cham-vd that th«- livery ata , ble w aa an adjunct to the »Ingle b>> I tel lu the »mall saw mill town, and a* Itlount swung up Into the saddle lie was a little *urt>ri««*l to see hl* coni * |«anl««n of ths- I’ullman »moking com partment »landing ou the |»>rcti of ihe »»«•tel In earnest talk with three oth er* who from their ap|*-arnnce might have figured either a* "timtwr jacks ’ or cowboys. Itlount was on the point of *|x»nking when hr r«*fe pa«t thr |w«rvh on hl« way to the northward trail polntvsl out by the liveryman, but a curtoua feeling rvotralnrd him He wa« almost sure that the pnai pepiiua Icoklng gentleman with the bird of prey eye« wa* making lilui the subj«t of bis vnrn«-*l talk with the three men of doubtful occu|iotlon Quite naturally thl* inipresidou deep encl Into a conviction when tie looked liack from the mad cr»>«*lug of the railroad track and saw that all four of the men on the porch were watch Ing him After leaving the railroad Blount fouml himself crossing the hmnd nx-sa with thr eaatrru mountalu« near at hand, and the laist river range struck out sharply In It* aky Hue agalust tbe a'» cl bortaou. **u thia mesa the trull dl*app«'ttr«i eutlrely. but no long a« hr waa sure of the gvuerai dirretktu Blount let It go und gave the tlri-leas little brouebo a loo*<< relu Ifelibleby’a ranch lay among tbe foolbill* uf the distant western range, and hr waa quite sure that be cuulil ride atrulgtit to It lu tbe dark If need be. It wus some little lime after be hnd left tin* sbuiilderiugs of Ihe enateru range ix-hltui that a curious thing bap pened Far away to thr right he heard th»- • oiiim ! of galloping boofa Ttiough tbe moou wa* nearly at It« full ami the treeless laudo-ape was bare of any kind of cover, lie cc-uM not see the horsei'.aii who wa* evidently |-i<»sliig him ami going lu the «nine direction Al first hi- thought II an* some on»- who was making a detour to avohi him. Then In- amlled at 1 lie nlisurdlty of the thought mid concluded that lie himself wn* off the trail Thl* conclusion wn* confirm«! a lit | tle-latrr w I k - ii two other traieler*. an tiounclng ihrtiiM-lv«-« to the «-ar a* thr first one had dune nud also, like the first.. IlivUiblr to the *har|x-*t eyi- I ovrrep of thr brow 11 plain. |ui»*«-d him at *|H*ed After that be hnd the solitude* and I Immensities to lilmaelf. ami II was not until the broad mesa bad l>ecn itomms I and the broil- tm was pl> king It* way among the hogtiack bill* of the west rrn rang«« that the boylati thing lie tiu«l Ixs-n l«*l to <|o t«Hik stin|-r a* 11 t en lure which might bate dlacoinfortllig consvquenceu, for after th«« broncho had wandered through many canyon* and hud cHmlxxl a gixxl half score of thr hogback hills thr young mnii from thr east reluctantly ndmltt.al that the l«oyh>Hxl memories were altogether nl fault In thr d«*-r|>tlve moonlight. Hr was very thoroughly and painstaking ly lout. CHAPTER IV rar itmtimsnrit* HEN the three men who hnd pullcd him from hi* horse ami tsiund him had with drawn to the further «Ide of the camptir- to wrangle murum-ly over what should !«■ d<>n>- with him. Blount W found It difficult tn reali» Hint they were actually dl«>'UM*liig. a« one of thr esix-dlrnt*. Hie |>roprlriy of knocking ijltn ou lb«- I k - ik I ami tllnglng til* body it o thr canyon Tlie difficulty lay In tin- crude Incred Ibillty uf thing* Rive minute* earlier lie timi lieen riding |x-a< «-fully up the trail, »«hindering how l> dly lie was lost and hot» tute li furttn-r It wn* to !>cb -.rliv’». 1 Io n. at n nuddru turn In th" canyon bridle path. lie hnd come u|mn a camplire and iiad found him self lixiklng Into thr niuzctr of a leveled Winches ter Front that to the unhorsing nnd tbe binding wa* lint a rough and inuildr half minute, alni-e he w a * unarunxl an«! the surprise had Iwtl com plete. Iiut the In crvdlldlltlro re inn Im d. rot-an it i M * it t v That some ri LOOKINO INTO TIIK dlculou* mistake Mt ZZI I OI A I KV- hud lieen made Ei r.n <i.s< itrairn. •n-niwl to lie th«- inly pooMltilr eiplaii4tion But when tie remcmlx-r«! the three Invialhl«- horsemen who had t>n«*«l him on Ihe broad tiu-sa be wa* not «o sure about the mistake Mo«t naturally hl* thought* w>-nt back Io the little episode on ttie feitr! por» h Ttie passing glance hr had giv en to tbe three men with whom hi* •moking n»>m ««»mpnnlon had b«-n talking did not enable him to Identify them with the three who were calmly discussing bla fate at the m-artiy fire, but the conclusion waa fairly obviou* none tbe less. I’liu* far In- hit lx-« n elthi-r too busy .<>r too twwllder«! to think of »»king I question«, but when the more tuurdvr- ou* of the «•x|x*llent» ««>med actually itfenit to prevail lie thought it wa* rim«- to try to fiml out why he wa* to lx- effaced. ”1 don't want to seem to interfere with any nrrnngement* you gentlemen are making.’’ be <-all«l aero*» to thr group at tlx« tire, “but If you will kind ly tell me why you Ihlnlt II lie-■••s*nry to n-unli-r mo I should lx- Imtueuaely oblige«!.” "You know mighty good and well wliy there * one to«> many uf you on I •' -tut thlx M Igr ’ I ’o- run«-.’’ said the tin rd fncml lirigntMi who had h« :d tbe Wlncbeeter while hi* two n< oiiipll««-* had untior*«l and bouml the victim. "Itut I don't,” l.-i»l«t>-d Blount g'*«d natiir«tly Ho far as 1 know, there 1-. om f m<- on Lost river or anywhere else’’ "That’ll do for you. It ain’t your tint In. nohow." was the gruff decision of the court. But Bl- uni was too gixxl a lawyer to be •llenc«*i that easily. "I'erbatM y<>u might not c*|i«-lally regret kilting the wrong mnu. but In th«- present ease I am «cry sure I ahottld. Wh<> do you think I auiV I lie boss knows wtio you are, and that ■ enough for u* " said the spokes man of the (hr««- highbinders. "The lx«*«?" question«! Blount. "Yaas; I said the I hms Now hold your jaw.” Iliount caught at the word In a flash tie*- • <iv«-r - it Ion with tlautry tBekisi Into his uilud. •’ I hero la only one fee»« In this state.” he »aid «-««oily, "and 1 am very »ure ho tin» not given you older» to kill uir." "What * that ” demanded the spokes man. lllount repeated his bit of Informa tion. adding. "Perliapa you’d better ring fur « hotter lonnectlon and a*k your I--«* If he wanta you to kill the »on of bls tio«*?" At till* thr tali man came and stood o, er Ills prisoner "say, comrade. It ain’t my night for kiddln*. and It hadn't urt to tie youro.” b<- remarked grimly. "Tho tioaa didn't *ny you wiw. to tie rubbed out they lie»er do But I ns-kon it would save a heap o’ trouble If you waa rubbed out You don’t git over Into them ....... !* on I'pprr lx«t cnx-k with no pn|M*r* to serve on anybody. See?" A great light dawned upon Blount, nnd with It came tlie dl»co tn fort Ina chill of a conviction overthrown. Aa a theorist he had always *coff«-d at the ld«>a that corporation«, which are crew- turca <>f th«- law, could afford to tie <q-«-n lawbreaker* But here was a very striking refutation of tha chart- lalih* assumption. Ill* smoking r«»>m companion of tbe Pullman car was iloubth«« one of the timber plllngers who had tx-en cutting on tlie public domain To such a mau an agent of the national forest *erv- b «• wn* an enemy to lx- di«p>>*«l of aa cx|s*Btlon«ly a* postibln, and Blount saw that be had only himself to blame, alnce h«> Imd allowed the man to l«e- llc»e that he wa* n govenim>-nt em- pfoyee. Having the clew to the mystery, how ever. hl* course wn* a little easier to ■t«-r ".My name t* Blount, and I am the *<>n of e« Senator I>a»id Blount of thia state.’' he exserted. "Now. what are you going to do with mcY' ’’Whale that you say?” grated tbe outlaw. "You beard what I «aid Go ahead and heave me into the rnnyou if yon are willing to stand for It afterward." The hnr«l facisl man turned on his heel without replying and went liark to the other two nt the fire Bi mnt «■aught only a word now nn«l ngatu of the low toned, wrangling nrgumeut tfial foil»« ««d nut from the overheard ■viivd or two he gather«! that then» were still some leaning* toward the sound old tuatim which declare« that 'd««nd men lell no lalea." (Continued next week)