Notice •! District Road Meeting
lilftt Of OtSTVCT ROIJ VfHM
Her Own
Detective
Pursuant to a petition signed by a
legal number of resident freeholder*,
taxpayer* and legal voters of Road
District No. 14 of Linn County. Oregon,
notice la hereby given that a meeting
of the legal voters of Road Dial net No.
14 of Linn County. Oregon, will be held
at the hour of two o'clock p. m. , on the
24th day of November. 1*1?. at the
School House District No. 71 in said
lload I het rut. to determine whether or
not Mid Road District shall vote a
special tax of 4 mills upon all the tax
able property within aaki Road Ihstnct
for the impru. rment of the roads there
in as foikiwa. to-wit, grading, gravell
ing. draining and repairing said mad*.
By order of the County Court of l.inn
County, Oregon,
listed thia 22nd day of October, 191?.
Attest:
R M. Russell
D R McKnight
County Judge
Couuty Clerk
J. II. trwine. County Commi doner
Posted thia 22nd day of October by
Frank A. Miller, appointed by the Court
Pursuant to a petition «igm-d by s ;
legal number of resident freeholder*,
tavpayrni scM legal vui«n of R«»ad
IHstnet No. 3Suf Lian County, Oregon,
Notnv a hereby given that a meeting
uf tbe legal voters of Rua«i Dwtrict No i
33 of 1 Jnn County. Oreg«« , will be hell
A Girl Stiaprct Clear*
at the hour uf on*' o’clock p. m , on .he
Herself
24th day of November, 1917, at the
Munk era School House, in said Road I
D*stnct. to determine whether or not'
said Read District shall vote a «pvcial <
By ELINOR MARSH
tax uf 5 mills u|«on all taxable property
CF
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within saui Road District for the im
provement of the ruathi therein as I
We were a "bunch" of a d*»aen boys
follows, to-wit, grading, gravelling. . sod giiia. averaging lu age |«erl»aps
draining sml rvnainng said roads.
seventeen years. We were young
By order of the County Court of l.inn I enough to gvt up parties <« tbe priu
County. Oregon
riple of "Dutch treat" and not old
Dated this 22nd «lay of tb-tober, 1917. ■ etiougb for a bey to feel that If lie
asked one of tbe girls to g<> to an
Attest:
amusement be must hire a carriage
R M Russell
D H McKnight
County Judge for tbe purpose of taking her. We bad
County Clerk
Uif riual dances tn <■*• b other’s bouses
J. D. Irvine. County i'ommlosioner
and cacb boy was «letslied, aa they ea>
■
Pueted this 22nd day of October. 1917
in tbe army, to escort a particular gin
by W M
I'hiilips. appointed l»y the to tbe itamw. Io this way all tbe girts
‘ Court.
Were transported without doubling up
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All went well, and we werv LaiIng a
Notice of District Road Meeting
Beat Meals in the City merry time when Roy Hi 11era. eno of
tbe b»ya who bad «•«» sweet on a girl
>utsldo tbe eel, lualsted ixi Introducing
for 35 Cents
Pursuant to a petition signed by a
her
among us. We girls were not
legal number of resident freeholder >.
pleased st the Intmdu» th*n of one we
Room 50c and Up
taxpayers and legal voters of Road
knew nothing about, but ws yielded
District No. 25 of I mn County. Oregon,
gracefully, and I consented to Roy
notice is hereby given that a meeting
bring Log ber to a dame ttmt was to
of the legal voters of Roa>i District N>>
cotue off at tn) bouse
25 of Linn County, Oregon, will be held
it la tuarveloua bow a nice, well bml
t«oy will gu daft on a girl entirely out
at th«- hour of one o’clock p. m , on the
of his sphere and in every way be
24th day of November. 1917, at the
ueatb blui The moment «» girls saw
Jordan Hall in said Roa l District. to
iloy’s friend. Harsh Htvarus. wc knew
ALBANY.
ORE.
determine whether or net s :'d Road
that a Ore brand bad leva intrnducod
District shall vote a spec in I tax of 2|
among ua But It la easier to let a I*r
GRANT
mills upon all the taxable broperty
son Into a social clique than to gvt blui
within said Road District for the im
or ber out. Itoy was > ov of our nhrsl
provement of the roads therein as
fellows, and we did not wish to offend
followa, to-wit, grading, gravelling,
him. Harsh Nt earns was not Invited
again to auy of our ilttls dances, but
draining anti repairing said roads.
Roy asked ber to go with him on ex
By order of the County Court of Linn
Notary Public ana
cursions. I hosier |>arth-s and the like
County, On-gon.
lie waa tbe only sou uf a widow who
Comeycruor
Dated thia 22nd day of Octotier, 1917.
gate bits all ibe money be wished and
Attest:
among other luiurlea, a splendid tuo
Abstracts oí I itlc fjsmintd
D. B McKnight
R. M Russell
t »roar He was a< cuatomi-d t<> take us
County Judge
County Clerk
all out In It between dances wbeu We
SCIO
OREGON were bolding our informal parties, and
J. D Irwine, County Commissioner
slao took ua on longer rides of course
Posted this 22nd day of October by
«» could not otijvet to Ids Inviting
Mike Bilyeu, appointed by the Court.
Harsh to go on et<uraloua In his car.
aud while so engaged we endeavored
NOTICE OF DISTRICT ROAD MEETIR6
to treat ber civilly.
Just before tbe spring opened Roy tn
UNITED STATES
tiled us all to g<> to hl* mother s coun
Pursuant to a petition signed by a I President ....
Woodrow Wilson try place for a wrek end of course
legal number of resident freeholders, i Vice President
. , Thomas Marshall Harsh Hl rams would !«• <»f the l»arty.
taxpayers and legal voters of Road I Secy, to President.... Joseph Tumulty R<>y tiebig at liberty to Invite whom be
District No. 16 of Linn County, Dr.-gon I S*cy- pf State ............. Robert Laming pleased to bls own home Two-tblrds
notice is hereby given that a meeting I Secy, of Treasury ...
Wm. M«-Adoo of our ''bun* b** aeiopted, and ll»y look
of the legal voters of Roail District No. 1 hecy. of War............... . Newton Maker ua to our destination lu b's car. Tb*-
others would m>< go oti account of
16 of Linn Count. Oregon, will be held Attorney General
Thomas Gregory
Narnb «ear us being of I lie |>arly
at the hour of one o'clock p. m., on the Poet master General
.A. S. Burleson
I wished very much tu enjoy the fun.
24th day of Novemlwr, 1917, at the j
Secy, of Navy ............ Josephus Daniels but Eleanor Trevor was my |>artlcular
1. O 0. F. Hall, Scio, Oregon, in said Secy, of Interior
... > .Franklin l.ane girl < bum. and she waa one wbo lu
Road District, to drtermins whether or Secy, of Agriculture . .. David Houston temiMl lu stay away 1 persusiled ber
not saai Road District shall vote a Secy of Commerce .
W in Redfleld to go. however, since my pleasure de
special tax of & mills upon all the tex- Secy, of l abor
........ ... Wm. Wilson pvuded <>u ber doing so
Roy's mother acted ns chafieruu and
able property within said Road IHstnct
STATE OF OREGON
did all In ber puwer to make our stay
for the improvement of the ruada there
in as followa, to-wit, grading, gravell u. S. Senator». Geo. E. Chamberlain, lu ber bouse enjoyable, this eieolug
we were darn ing wbeu all of a sudden
ing, draining and repairing said roads
and Charles L. McNary
tbe electric lights ceased to glow, and
By order of the County Court of Linn Congressmen 1st lHaL,
C Hawlrv, we were left lu total darkm-ss
My
County. Oregon.
2nd DisL, N. J. Sinnott: 3rd iHst. friend Eleanor was dam big wltb
Dated this 22nd day of October. 1917.
C. N. McArthur
Charlie Hunt at tbe time t’barlle. like
James Withycombe Roy. was given everything be waulrel.
Governor.......
Attest:
D. B. McKnight
......... Ben W Olcott Slid among other lb Illgs be |H>s»«-wa«-d
R. M Rusaell
Secy, of Stat«)
County Judge State Treasurer .............. I hoe. H. Kay was a valuable gold watch Hoon after
Cmmtg Clerk
J. D. Irvine. County Commissioner
Supreme Court Chief Justice. Thus. tbe llgbia werv extinguishes! I tiers waa
A. McBride; Associate Justices, H a tug at bls watch chain and. feelinx
Piated thia 22nd day of October, 1917
for It. be found It brokeu Ills watch
by W. A. Gilkey appointed by the Court
J. Bean, Geo. H Burnett. Henry
waa gone. Ho waa dancing wltb
L. Benson, Ijiwrvnce T. Harris. Eleanor when ttie darkness ralue. an.I
Wallace McCamant, Frank M«»ore. of course tliey ceased to whirl and di >
NOTICE
DISTRICT
IEETINC
Attorney General
Geo. M Brown engaged themselves
Five minutes
Hu pt. Public Instruction .J A Churchill later, when tbe lights continued to
Pursuant to a petition signed by a
John Mickle glow, they were still standing near
Dairy and Food l orn
legal number of resident freeholders,
John II Lewis aa< b other.
State Engineer
taxpayers and legal voters of Road
( barile, not wishing to mar our fes
. .0. P. Hoff
Labor Commi*»ioner
Ihstrict No. 15 of Linn County. Oregon
tivities, ssid nutblug st tbe time slsxit
LINN COUNTY
the lose of tbe watch, but tbe matter
Notice is hereby given that a meeting
District
Attorney
.............Gail H
Hill so u leaked out. An unp rasanl fee
of the legal voters of Road District No.
15 of Linn County, Oregon, will be held State Henators. S M. Garland and E. tore of the matter was llmt be waa
darning wltb Eleanor wlmn the lights
D. Cusick for Linn and l^ne.
at the hour of 10 o'clock a. m., on the
went '»ut. and tbe logical Infr rvuce was
24th «lay uf November. 1917. at the City Represenlativee, Charles I'hiLis, W P.
that abo bad relieved him of It Never
Elmore.
F.
IL
Porter
Hall in said Road District, fb determine
tbeh-aa. none of us believed anything
D. B McKnight
whether or not »aM Road District »hall County Judge
of tbe kind
Commissioner*.
J.
D.
Irvine,
and
T.
J.
vote a special tax of & mills upon all
Our host waa very mu* b troubled. It
Butler.
was evident that there waa a thief
the taxable property within said Road
R M. Russell among us «> far aa rtrvnmatantial
District for the improvement of the County Clerk ....
....
D 11 Bodine evidence was cuauerned It [»oinird to
I
sheriff
..................
roads therein as follows, to wit, grad
Him knew nothing
..W. W Francis Eleanor Trevor
ing. gravelling, dr lining and repairing Treasurer..............
.. Velma G. Davis about t*bariie'a kawi or tbe p*wltl*>n In
Reconjer
............
.
said r«»ads.
............ E C. Fisher wbl h she stood until I lokl her Nbe
By onier of the County Court of Linn , Aaaeasor ........
was not a persuu to cringe under su< b
School
Supt
..........
.
.. Ida Cummings
County. Oregon.
clrvumatencee
With woman’s lutul-
..........
....Wm. Fortmiller lion she at <>n<e spotted Harah «earn«
Dated this 22nd day of October, I»I7. Coroner
Dr. W H. Davis aa being at tbe bottom of tbe trouble
Health Officer
Attest:
Fruit Inspector..
.. D. W. Rumbaugh Nbe did not believe that Surah bad
RM Rusaell
D. R- Me Knight
County Clerk
County Judge Stock Inspector.. ................. D. Taylor stolen tbe watch for the watch Itself
but that she might 1» ulpete Elrsuur
J. D. Irvine. County Commissioner
CITY OF 8CIO
Eleanor's theory was that Harah had
Pasted thia 22nd day of October, 1917
Mayor ------ ...........................F. T. Thayer •een her darning with (ha rile «fieri
by J. B. Couey, appointed by the Court
tbe lights bad gone out and an <»pp**
Recorder... .... ...................J. 3. Htieha
W A. trues tunlty had appeared to her of punlab
Marshal ...
lug the girl wbo she knew waa tn fa
. Treasurer . ............................Roy -be I ton
C. BRYANT
I Couneilmen, N I. Morrison. R Caln, vur of ostracising ber from our set.
Hut Eleanor told m> one exre|*t me at
trad Bilyeu. W E. Arnold, W. J
ber auspk-lon. and I *-onfr«s It seemed
j
i kmma. J. M Lindley.
to me rather farfrtched, though I did
o>it say thia to Eleamf
201 2 Now First Ns Henal Bank Bldg. School Directors. F. T. Thayer,
'I've g*w a detective problem rm my
Prill. J. L. Calavan.
hands. ' sate Eleanor to ate. and I m
OREGON J. f. Weaaly. Clark
St. Charles
Hotel
PIRTLE. Proprietor
R. SHELTON
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ATTORNEY AT LAW
ALBANY
Official Directory
I wish you «oulu give me tbe cota
sborildee ami • «k tbe ««(ber girls to du
Ibr came."
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"Why
«me of us <hat, Iwllvvea fur a uxmseut
Uni vou are a thief.'
'll will put Harsh Ntearns off her
otanl amt ylve tor a bettor cbanca« If
»b>- lm>k tlw watch ami I aua sure she
•IM «he inurt gvt rid of It. I'll take
all i» - >|l-le paisa t<> «ceibal abedHasn't
• »1 if »ws»
I «hill keep an eye on
ber all (be while sml note everything
•he «hira"
"I will aM you in that." I «alo.
The tartdent occurred <«i Aaturday
evening
Ail «lay Numlay either Elea
o r or I kr|4 watch on Narnb. Humlay
af'crti«»»«! the started wltb s letter In
her Imml for Ibr |«»P4n«v I tohl her
that I Un-I written a letter that I wish
e*l tusllvd
Nbs *<ffrrv*l to mall It for
tuc
I went to my room fur It, ami
wl >i I «wo«- dovu had my bat and
c*«st <vi ar.d t'>M her that I Would gw
with her. To Hint she assented with
al l*'««t aptmreiit wllllugneaw Wbetber
or no «! m > ws « going tu get rid of tb*
watch, «tie ha«l no ctuincv to do e*x for
I *IM not let ber out of my eight for n
■uxmmL
Eleanor Interfere«l with ber going OUl
later In I he rvrulng to take tbe air on
tile pot -h. We all went to t««l early,
or at least lo «>ur rooms.
Ws girls
werw r«»*uw*i on the eccoml floor, ami
each was given a room to herself
Eleanor was lu tny mom till II n'clorh
Hire vwM vhe ri|M*ctrd to he up all
ulgbi to are tiuil Harsh Htearua did not
get rid of tbe watch, ami ber watcb
would not cwimeme till all tn tbe
I miusv were snp(>«wrd to be asleep.
"Wh.it are you going Io iloY' I askeil
Tm going to stay In the hall."
"Go to tied." I utgrd. "None c* ta
tv’lleiee that y*»u a-e a thief
Beside«
you are a'llint mi « theory
You will
lose your sleep for nothing ”
I have more rtiau -e of suceras than
jou think." she said
"Charlie ba«
tx-en very me« t>> tm* and has told me
certain things about the watch that II
la well for me to know."
“Tbett be knows you are bunting for
ItT'
"No, what be told rue was said casu
ally
Hut tie does not believe I rot*be*l
him. At lra«t hr «aya be doesn't."
“But I d<«ii t «er b««w any mark uu
the «at- h ran do you any good except
to Identify It when you have gut It
and you will h ive to get II l«efove you
<an identify It.”
Eleanor made no reply to tills Nbe
•Imply hl»«« I n>e g—d night and went
to her r«om
l «as a lone while get
tin,- tu sleet«. I mt when I did I slept
till I ocl««a in the monilug. when I
was awnkac d by brr
Nbe told tor
that «he bad I mm - h awake ad night au<l
askul me tu get up and coutluue the
watch that «be might get some sleep
I did aa she a*» rd. but It was evident
that she bad fulled, and I believed al r
wa* oa a wild g<«««se chase
Hire waa up I >r an n tick«* break
fast sml looked i|Ullr frv«h. consider
big that «tie turd gone to lied so latr
During Ibe day I brl|>ed ber rmaalon
ally in h r rtgll aud again preieated
Ha: ah Hearn« from goiug out alour
This time I could see that she aus
pe* trd tue though «be < «oxealed the
fa< t <|ldte « ell
"The part, is to break tip tomorrow
said Eiranof to me
' We were out,
Iniltral tll| T'lrwlar morning. Either I
must get Ural watch t*»ulgbt or remain
auilrt b««d fur fhe r*-«t *«f my life '
I assured her lliat she was not nuc
ever would I* «mlr* bed by auy one of
ua. to w hit !i «hr replied that Harah
«earns wmild «plead tbe matter
abrund In a way that could nut l«r
countered
Roy look us t«> drive «luring tbe after
uo»u Eleonor feigned a headache sml
rerualu«-*! at home Nbe charged me t »
keep my eye« upon Marsh Stearns every
moment
I sugge.irsl to Eleanor that
she was remaining at home that she
might sear, h f<>r tire mlaalng wat**ti
but she said that Would l«e uselrsn. fur
if Sarah bad left It sire had undoubted
ly hhbb-n It III a safe plate lint abv
believed Harsh had II with her. an«l
Eleanor relie«I mi me to -«co that she
dh! n«»t get rid of It during the ride I
did my work, but wttbmrt w«iilta
That nlrht when Eleanor and I went
t«» onr ru««ma. a« we pnwwd Harah
Steams n«< tn I «aw Meaner b«>k up
nt the transom
Then «he went with
me Info mr mom ai**1 took from mr
closet s bamboo sth k with a book on
<ma end and carried It away to her
mom
Just before 3 In tbe morning
•he came Into my mem and. holding
her watch to my ear naked me If I
I told her that I
could hear It tick
«be re
could hear It very distinctly
moved It farther and farther from me
with ea< b remo'sl asking m« If I cuuld
•till bear It tk-k
When «be had taken
It some four or live rards tn>m
««slid still bear. It
"That will do ’ abv «aid
la frr m«*re keen than mine
a few mbnitra before N
me."
Nbe led me by the hand through
tito darkness Io Harah Htearns' door
Theo she took the tambo«« stb-fc with
the book on the end and. feeling care
fully for the transom by means of the
ho««k. palled It |«rtly «»pen. nc< am
pushing the wort without tbe slightest
sound
"nil* d> n*. she put her arma
arcutid my knees and lifted mr no that
*u a*x ww Mur tea trangpai
<br
Sail EcTd ine tfo-rv |<vrhapa thn-e ttiTii-
utes wbeu I beard «hat svinid.d like
a far distant chime faintly strike tbe
hour of 1
“l*ut me down." I whlaiHMTd Io Kim-
nor
"lla«e you heard anything!" asked
Eleanor
“Yes a chime."'
Nile lowered me Io the floor and.
throwing her anus around my nock,
gave me a l<ear lots
"Now go and awaken some of the
girls and bring them hear." she said.
I did her Mddlng and collected every
girt In the hall Then Eleanor turuod
<m tbe rleetrlc light and knotted gen
tly oo Ha tab’s door
Tbe door waa unlocked sml we all
weut Into the room
Eleanor went to
the !«rd and from under a pillow took
out the lost watch
There waa a chime strike In It. and
Eleanor know Ina thia hnd bawd her
operations mi hearing It
lint sines
the watch waa under a pillow no on*
exeept with tbe keen eat sense of b«»r
Ing would hare detected It
Tbe matter waa hnabvd up on Itoy'a
account, but we v .re no longer trou-
bled with Miss Stearns
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When your glasses gut broken
just wrap up the pieces and send
them with the mounting, or tele
phone, giving your name and the
lens, whether right or left. It will
I* quickly and perfectly duplicated.
E. C. MEADE
optometrist
Allmny. Ore
329 W. Second Si..
fit FARM LOANS
Notice
We have an un
limited amount uf funds
to lend on farm security
al fl per cent per annum.
Ixing time loans desired.
No delay
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