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OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
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NEW LUMBER CENTER.
ADVANCE IN PRICE OF LOGS.
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Along about Thanksglvlu time, when all
the leaven are down,
And all the fruit's been picked and all the
hills are turnlu' brown,
There'a sotnetuln' In the nlr that aeemi to
stir your blood a bit.
That mukeg you glad you're In the world
and thnt you're part of It;
The song the wind goes aliiglu' lo the ever-
Kreen's sublime;
There's ginger In a man along about
Tbanksglvln' time.
There's somethln' wonderful about the Ice
so thin and white
Across the narrow little rut that dried up
In the night;
It's criss-crossed In a hundred ways with
streaks and reins and lines,
And sparkles out like diamonds when the
sun spunks up and shines,
And when you brenk It with your heel you
couldn't hardly tell
It rattle from the jingle of a little sliver
bell.
Along about Thanksglvln' time It seems
eomehow, as though
The sky was nearer to us than It was a
while ago;
And when It's clear bow clear It Is the
crlnp, fresh air, I mean
Tou'd almost think It blew through sieves
somewhere to make It clean.
Oh, when It's whlskln' strong and free, It's
notbln' but a crime
To not get out and stir, along about
Thauksglvln' time.
It's almost like a miracle to see the first
snow fly,
To watch the million little chunks come
dartln' from the sky.
To hear thera bounce against the panes,
to watch the wild things, tamed,
Go tumblln' down to melt as though they
kind of felt ashamed,
And when darkness comes and lets the wind
go murmuring,
It's like the sweet old lullabies our mothers
used to sing.
Along about Thanksglvln' time there's
somctnin' in tne air
That seems to make you brisk and strong,
that kind of crimps your hnlr;
Tou feel all ready for the storms you know
you'll have to meet,
You're not afraid of anything that's walkln'
'round on feet.
And lookln' at It any way, the old earth's
quite eumime, v
Although It's bare and brown along about
Thanksglvln' time.
8. E. Klser, In Chicago Record-Herald.
EDIE'S MISSION.
"Susie, to-morrow's Thanksgiving."
Lower over her sewing drooped the
golden head, and a tear trembled on her
eyelash as she answered:
"Yes, darling."
"Aren't we going to hart Thanksgiv
ing?" continued the child, "a little bit
of a Thanksgiving, Susie? How mean
Uncle Ralph is to let you work so
when "
"Hush, Edle! you must not talk thus.
Uncle Ralph is very kind in letting us
have this cottage rent free, otherwise my
needle would not support us."
But little Edle could not help thinking
of the great grim house upon the hill,
and the great grim man who utterly ig
nored his poor relation. She thought
so long and so intently about It that nt
last a daring resolution entered her curly
head.
' "I'll go and see him and tell him all
about It, so I will! I'm not afraid of
him if he Is big and grim and cross."
And without pausing to consider the
doubtful undertaking, away she went in
the direction of the stately mansion dark
and gloomy which was the home of the
misanthropic uncle, who from being one
of the pleasantest of young fellows, In
bygone days, had changed thus sadly.
Rumor said for two reasons because his
betrothed, beautiful Nellie Clyde, had
deserted him for her German music
teacher, and because his petted. Idolized
young sister had fallen in love with a
poor clerk and married him.
"I will never forgive you, never," he
bad said to her, sternly, "not because
your husband is poor, but because he is
hlftless."
' And she had gone, proudly, with brave
trust in her young husband alas, but to
find her brother's words prophetic The
knowledge broke her heart, and she died,
and was soon followed by her drunken
husband, leaving their two daughters in
bitter poverty.
Edie rang the bell of the great house
with such violence that It brought the
footman in great haste to the door.
"I have come to see my Uncle Ralph,"
he said, breathlessly, "I suppose he's
In his study T Oh, you needn't show me
the way I know it," and she coolly ran
fcy him up the polished stairsw for
had not her mother told her of every
nook and cranny In the old home?"
At the far end of a gloomy room a
Are glowed sioeplly, and a gray-haired
man sat in an armchair motionless be
fore it. Edit crept in softly.
As she neared him she perceived that
his face was very sad and weary looking.
Some look upon his face made her think
of her dead mother, and, almost before
she knew It, she had flung both ber
chubby arms about his neck and kissed
his cheek.
To say that Ralph Morley was surpris
ed but weakly expresses it; he was thun
derstruck, and gazed down in the dim
pled little face in mute amazement.
"Edlo, little Edio!" he cried; "Is it
little Edie, a child again, and come back
to me?"
"Yes," said the child, clinging about
his neck; "I was mamma's little Edie,
and I will be yours if you will let me."
Then he comprehended. It was not
his own little sister, but It was her
child; It was her gentle, loving spirit
speaking to him through her. And his
hard heart became tender, as he folded
the child to his breast and bowed his
head upon the soft, fair curls and wept.
Susie wearily wending her way home
ward, pondering how best to expend the
small change which she dared spare for
a Thanksgiving dinner, was overtaken
by Karl Schilling, her own true love.
"Oh, Susie!" he cried, breathlessly,
"what do you think has happened? Look!
here is an invitation to Bleak Hall, from
my employer, requesting the presence
of my mother and myself at his Thanks
giving dinner to-morrow. What is the
world coming to?"
"I'm sure I don't know," smiled Susie.
A HANDFUL OF
The gobbler grows rotund,"
And so we shout "Hooray!"
And hurl our hat
On high thereat
And romp and frisk and play,
And sigh, by sudden rapture stunned!
"Alack, a well a dayl"
While thus we fllp
Flap o'er the sand
And gaily skip
Joy s saraband.
We watch him spread his tall
As on he proudly stmts,
And see him puffed
And crisp and stuffed
With bread and sage and nuts,
Till we would on the fork Impale
His choicest Juicy cuts
While Fancy's breeze
Fills us a-slgh
With argosies
Of golden pie.
Oh, bird of rare renown
"Uncle Ralph Is no doubt beginning to
appreciate you, Karl."
"But he was that cross this morning,
he resembled an Icicle more than any
thing else. There must be some mis
take." "No," said Susie, gravely; "it is a very
kind Invitation, and you must accept
it"
"Oh, certainly; but how very surpris
ing. What will mother say? Our paths
divide here, Susie, so, for the present I
will say good-night."
His mother surprised! If she was,
she betrayed It only by a sudden pale
ness, then a slight color, and placing
her bowed head in her hands she sobbed
softly.
Susie, hastening homeward, beheld a
pair of superb horses and an elegant car
riage at their humble door, and Edie,
with bright, eager face, came bounding
to meet ber.
"Oh, Susie! I've been to see Uncle
Ralph, and oh! he loves me, he does
truly, and you, too, and and you're to
come with me in the carriage, yon know,
to his house; he said so, and he sent
me after you." ' .
"Are you mad, Edle?" exclaimed the
Incredulous elder sister.
"No, no; get in, right away do got
in," commanded the excited child, and
as one in a dream Susie Green allowed
herself to be assisted into the carriage.
"I went to see Uncle Ralph, and I
kissed him, and he kissed me, and called
me 'his little Edie,' and and I told him
all about our hard times, and about that
pain in your side, and about Karl and
his Invalid mother, how you loved each
other, and all. Uncle Ralph said we
were to live in his home after this, and
he would take care of us."
"It is a fairy dream, Edie."
"No it Isn't either; it's true; and there
la Uncle Ralph on the steps awaiting
us."
It was no dream. Susie realized it
forcibly when the grave, stern man came
quickly forward and took her gently in
his arms and kissed her tenderly, and in
a husky voice bade her "welcome home."
Such a dinner as was ordered! Such
light, and warmth, and beauty, as filled
the mansion throughout! Edie was in
ecstasies and danced hither and thither
like a stray sunbeam. Her lovely new
dress and dainty slippers burdened her
none; she enjoyed them among the oth
er good things that had befallen them.
But Susie protested feebly.
"Indeed, Uncle Ralph, you are more
than kind, more than generous; how can
I ever repay you?" (
"By forgiving my former cruelty and
loving me a little, and wearing the
pretty things your maid has selected. It
will please me to have you wear them."
And when Susie entered the parlor in
her lovely trailing blue satin, Edle
sprang from her uncle's arms with a lit
tle cry of rapture.
"Oh! how beautiful you are, Susie!"
The sound of carriage wheels here di-
TURKEY THOUGHTS.
That makes the eagle look
To all Intents
Like seven cents,
You're greater when the cook,
Who knows Just how to do you brown,
And knows It like a book,
Hakes you In glee
A roasted dream
A sympbo-nee
Of bliss supreme!
Full soon o'er you, blithe fowl,'
The knife and fork will clash)
And first we'll hold
You hot, then cold.
And later In that bash
Which whisks the whiskers off the scowl
Ui sorrow like a Hash;
While hand in hand
We sigh and swoon
In fairy-land
Beneath the moon.
R. K. Munklttrlck, in Sunday Magazine.
verted her attention. "It is Karl" she
cried, running to the window.
Yes, it was Karl, and the surprise he
felt upon meeting his betrothed, robed
like a princess, in her uncle's parlor,
increased when- he presented his pale,
lovely mother to his employer.
"My mother, Mr. Morley," he began,
then paused, for a glance at his employ
er's white, agitated face; and his moth
er's downcast and softly-flushed, told
him they had met before.
"Nellie! Nellie Clyde!"
"Yes," she answered, softly. "Nellie
Clyde Schilling, a widow, old and poor,
to whom you sent an invitation to a
Thanksgiving dinner."
"Nellie!" he repeated, eagerly, "you
would not have come to mock me in my
solitude and loneliness, unless unless
the past was to be forgotten! Shall
it not be as it was, twenty years ago?"
"I I did not suppose you would feel
thus, at this late day," she said, In con
fusion. "I only thought we might be
friends once more."
"And so we will," he cried, "the very
best friends the world has ever known.
Oh, what a Thanksgiving yon brought
me. little Edie!" The Hearthstone.
Two Mills Building and Three Under
Consideration at Dallas.
Dallas Though situated in the midst
of a splendid fruitraieing and hopgrow-
ing territory, Dallas promises to become
a great lumber center as well. In ad
dition to the Cone mill, now being
built, and the Nap mill, which will be
remodeled, three more propositions are
now before the business interests of the
city for consideration.
Plans for the remodeling of the Nap
mill are completed. The mill will be
rebuilt several hundred feet west of the
present location, and enlarged to a 60,
000-foot plant. A pond will be exca
vated between the "Y" tracks of the
Falls City railroad and will be ied with
water from the Bame source as the Cone
mill. '
The Cone pond is completed, and the
superstructure of the mill under cover.
The sawing frames and carriage trucks
are being put in place and everything
indicates the early completion of the
plant.
Every house in Dallas is occupied,
and new cottages are springing up in
every quarter. The common comment
of all newcomers is that Dallas is a
beautiful town and haB the finest court
house lawn in the state. Although
the Lewis and Clark fair is said to
have drained the valley of all the stray
change, the merchants say trade lis
good.
Big Land Deal.
Weston Two of the largest real
estate transactions consummated in
this section for some time were record
ed this week. One was the sale of 240
acres of land) With fine improvements
by Mrs. Annie O'Hara to Charles M.
Price for $18,500. This is one of the
finest farms in this section of the coun
try, having upon it a handsome brick
residence. Mr. Price alBO owns a third
interest in what is known as the Steen
place, located on Dry creek, consisting
of 560 acres. . This, it is said, he is
about to dispose of to his brothers.
Old Picture of General Lane.
Salem State Librarian J. B. Put
nam has received from New Orleans an
old photorgaph of General Joseph Lane,
Oregon's first territorial governor and
one of this state's first senators. The
picture bears no date, but was taken in
Washington, D. C, presumably while
Lane was delegate in congress or senat
or. No communication or explanation
came with the photo further than the
words, "Compliments of William Beer,
Howard Memorial library, New Or
leaDS, La."
Southern Pacific After Gravel.
Eugene Southern Pacific surveyors
have laid out a route for a spur in the
northeastern part of the city to the
gravel beds across the river, just out
side the city limits. It is said that the
company intends getting its ballast ma
terial for its proposed new line from
Natron across the mountains from the
extensive beds here. A trestle will
have to be constructed across the river,
which is narrow at that point.
River at Very Low Stage.
Eugene The river at this point is
almost as low as it was during August
and lower than was ever before known
in November. Loggers find great scar
city of water above here for driving
logs, and would welcome a few days of
rain. There is plenty of snow high up
on the mountains, which fell a month
ago, but the weather has continued
cold and the snow does not melt.
Buys Indian Creek Mill.
Elgin J. G. Brown, of the firm of
Shockley & Brown, sawmill men, has
disposed of his interest in that firm to
his partner, and has purchased the
Cummins mill, located on Indian
creek, together with 320 acres of timber1
land. H- G. and H. E. Keed, experi
enced sawmill men, are interested in
the deal. A new engine, edger and
gang lath mill will be added.
Want Pay for Dead Cattle.
Elgin F. E. Graham, of thiB town.
has presented a claim against Union
county, amounting to $290, for the loss
of cattle killed by the collapse of the
Wallowa bridge. Hector McDonald,
who was also driving a herd of cattle
across the bridge at the time and suf
fered a similar loss, has also put in
a claim against Wallowa county for
damages.
No Right to Sell the Land.
Salem Attorney General Crawford
has held that the State Land Board has
no authority to sell land beoueathnd tn
the state for the Soldiers' home. He
holds that the board can sell land only
when it has authority of law to do an
and its general authority extends onlv
to the sale of state land granted by the
government.
Logging Camps Soon to Shut Down,
and Shortage is Expected.
Astoria While several of the loggers
in the Lower Columbia river district
are nnder contract to deliver logs at
$7.50 per thousand until the first of
the year, the others have advanced the
price for fir logs to $8 and a few sales
are said to have been made at figures
a shade higher. In spite of this ad
vance in price, the demand is excellent
and the logs are being taken as fast as
they are put in tide water. A number
of the larger logging companies will
close down their camps for at least a
month or six weeks as soon as the
heavy rains set in and as, with the
single exception of the Eastern &
Western Lumber company, none of the
mills have a large supply of logs on
hand, a shortage is looked for before
the end of the winter season.
Notwithstanding the advance in the
price of fir logs, spruce is still selling
at about $7.
Buys 2,000 Lambs.
Prineville 7 Stockmen here are still
commenting on the sale recently of
2,000 lambs by Williamson & Gesner
to the Baldwin Sheep & Land com
pany, at $2.50 per head. Such a large
sale at this time of the year is consid
ered as remarkable, particularly when
the price is such a good one. In the
spring there would be nothing extra
ordinary about the transfer. That such
a large band should be transferred just
as the feeding season is coming on, and
at a good figure, is taken to mean that
there are indications somewhere of a
good price for both mutton and wool
next spring,
West Coast Lumber' In Demand.
Portland Within the last few weeks
a new market haB been openeud up for
Oregon and Washington lumber, and
already shippers are preparing to trans
port by water more than 9,000,000
feet to New York. Part of this lumber
will go from Portland on sailing vessels
and part of it will be taken from the
mills of Puget sound. Outside of the
extreme heavy timber heretofore there
has been practically no demand for
Oregon and Washington lumber in the
New York markets, and the suddenness
and magitude of the orders of recent
date have come as a surprirae.
Can Corn at McMinnville.
McMinnville If present interest in
the matter does not wane, next year
will see McMinnville with a large corn
canning factory. Several years ago
samples of corn were sent to this coun
ty to test Boil, climate and other con
ditions. The results sent back to the
promoters nhow the quality first class
in every particular. The Eastern peo
ple contemplating building a factory
here state the plant will be the same
size as the one they now operate, pay
ing out about $10,000 each, year for the
product and about $6,000 in wages.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club. 71c Der bushel : blue-
stem, 7374c; valley, 7475c; red,
67c.
Oats No. 1 white feed, $2o; gray.
$26 per ton.
Barley Feed, $21.5022 per ton:
brewing, $2222.50: rolled. $22.50
23.50.
Rye $1.501.60 per cental.
Hay Eastern Oregon timothy. 115
16perton; valley timothy, $1112;
clover, $89; grain hay, $89.
Fruits Apples. $101.50 Der ' box:
huckleberries, 7c per pound; pears,
$1.251.50 per box; grapes, $1.25
1.65 per box; Concord. 15o Der basket:
quinces, $1 per box.
Vegetables Beans, wax. 12c Der
pound; cabbage, lffllkc Der Dound:
cauliflower, $1.752.25 per crate; cel
ery, 75c per dozen; cucumbers, 5060o
per dozen; pumpkins, , ?lc per
pound; tomatoes, $1 per crate ; sprouts,
7c per pound; squash, lo per
pound; turnips, 90c$l per sack; car
rots, 6576c per sack; beets, 85c$l
per sack.
Onions Oregon yellow Danvers.
$1.25 per sack. ,
Potatoes Fancy graded Burbanks.
65 70c per sack; ordinary, 5560c;
Merced sweets, sacks, $1.90; crates,
$2.15.
Butter Fancy creamery. 250270
per pound.
Eggs Oregon ranch, 35c per dozen.
Poultry Average old hens, 11c;
young roosters, P 10c; springs,
11c; dressed chickens, 12 14c;
turkeys, live, 1718c; geese, live,
89c; ducks, 1415c per pound.
Hops Oregon, 1905, choice, 810c;
olds, nominal, 56c.
Wool Eastern Oregon- average best,
1621c; valley, ' 2426c per pound;
mohair, choice, 30c.
Beef Dressed bulls, l2c pr pound;
cows, 34c; country steers, 44c.
Veal Dressed, 37c per pound.
Mutton Dressed, fancy, 77o per
pound; ordinary, 45c; lambs, 7)4
8c.
Pork Dressed, 67Jc per pound.