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Mosier Bulletin French Postal Employes Throw Down Gauntlet to Government. Issued Each Friday MOSIER. d o m estic Ice houaa. I t la h a rd to describe, still th e re w ill be few of my readers who. if th ey have h ad th e good fo rtu n e not to ex p erien ce it, b u t m u st have seen some c u lp rit e n d u rin g th a t slow p u n ish m ent m eted o u t m ore o ften , p erh ap s, to d a u g h te rs th a n sons. B u t d o n 't w e all know i t : th e ch illin g re jo in d e r th a t m eets an y a tte m p t a t g e n ia lity — th e a u s te re look th a t seem s to say it ia heresy th a t we should p resu m e to fo rg et th e m easure o f o u r offending— th e m oral th o n g alw ay s a w a itin g us should we show any signs of relap sin g in to ch e e rfu ln e ss? B a h ! those p hysical to r tu r e r s of th e m iddle ages w ere m ere b u n g lers a t th e ir c ra ft. F ro m th is tim e po o r M a u d e's life w as made heavy to h ear. H a ro ld D enison sent for h er to his stu d y , an d h im self p u t P e a rm a n 's p ro p o sal b efo re her. l i e e n larged upon its ad v an tag es, an d d eelared th a t it w as her d u ty to sav e th e p ro p erty to h e r d e s c e n d a n ts ; on h e r head it re s t ed w h eth er th e D en iso n s of G lin n should cease to ex ist, a s o f co u rse h er f u tu re h u sb an d m ust ta k e h er nam e. F o r h im self. he eared n o t— he w as a n old m an, and it m a tte re d little to him . A ny foreign w a te rin g place w as good enough fo r him to w ear o u t h is m iserab le life In. H e deplored th e follies of his y o u th . It w as sad th a t a fa th e r should plead be fore a d a u g h te r iu th is wise. H e could h ear a n y th in g h u t th e th o u g h t th a t the D enisons of G lin n should be expunged from th e roll of th e co u n ty in w hich they had d w elt and been kn o w n since th e W a rs o f th e R o s e s ; all th is It w as in M aude's po w er to a v e rt. W hy could she not m a r ry th is m an ? H e h a rd been b ro u g h t up a g en tlem an , an d m ixed in th e heat society in th e co u n ty . I f not q u ite h e r equal in blood, he would r e p a ir th e s h a tte re d fo r tu n e s of th e fam ily . S uch m atches w ere m ade every day. T h e d estin y of th e p lu to cracy w as to stre n g th e n th e a risto c ra c y . F a r be it from him to p u t an y p ressu re upon her. b u t it w as h is d u ty a s a p a r e n t to lay th e w hole r a s e before her. G a lla n tly did M aude fight h er b a ttle , an d th o u g h a t th e end of th is long In te r view she stood w ith flushed an d tear- sta in e d cheeks to listen to h e r fa th e r's final exordium , sh e w as still reso lu te in h e r refu sal. B u t th e stru g g le w as too u n eq u al. U n d e r th e p re ssu re p u t upon h er by h er h u s band M r*. D enison had not on ly m ade M aude w rite a le tte r o f re n u n c ia tio n to G ren v ille Rose, b u t had penned him a very severe p h ilip p ic h erself, in w hich she in sisted th a t all co rresp o n d en ce should cease betw een them . She h ad fu rth e r, u n d er th e th r e a t o f rev ealin g e v e ry th in g to M r. D enison, e x to rte d a p ro m ise from M aude th a t she would w rite no m ore to h e r co u sin . She knew h er d a u g h te r well, and felt Im plicit confidence th a t, h e r w ord once pledged, tr o th w ould be k ep t. I h av e described th e first sta g e of the a tta c k . I t Is a com m on enough sto ry , a s m any a w om an could b ear w itn e ss to, a s fa r a s th e g en eral d e ta ils go. C an yon not easily guess th e re su lt? She w as a h ig h -sp irited g irl, a n d bore h erself bravely in the b e g in n in g ; b u t c u t off from all co m m u n icatio n w ith h er lover, she gave w ay a t last to th e m oral p re s su re b ro u g h t to b e a r upon her, an d , w ith pale cheeks an d heavy eyes, w h isp ered her m o th er “t h a t th ey m ight do w ith h e r as th ey lik e d ; If she co u ld n ’t m arry G ren, she d id n ’t ca re w ho it w as.” (T o be co n tin u ed .) GENERAL S TR IK E BEGUN. OREGON EVENTS OF THE DAY Newsy Items Gathered from AH Parts of the World. Less Important but Not Less Inter esting Happenings from Points Outside the State. The strik e a t Buenos A yres has been ended. D ecision on F rench s tirk e depends on th e action o f p arliam en t. T a ft says c itie s a re under obligations to provide playgrounds fo r children. Boyle has im plicated th e W h itla boy’s uncle in his sto ry of th e kidnap ing. H undreds of persons are on th e verge o f sta rv a tio n in th e Z icatu raro d is tric t M exico, follow ing a fo re st fire. E d g ar Thompson, an A m erican who becam e k in g o f one o f th e F iji islands is dead. H is son w ill succeed him. G erm an banks w ill refu se to give Abdul H am id ’s funds to th e Young T u rk s unless ordered to do so by the courts. G ra ft prosecutors will tr y to prove Calhoun w as d irectly connected w ith b rib ery o f the San F rancisco super visors. C ollector Loeb, o f th e New York port, has rem oved five a ss ista n t w eighers for alleged fraud in th e w eighing o f im ported cheese. The in tern atio n al exposition of dry farm products w ill be held d u rin g the D ry F arm in g congress a t B illings, M ont. T h irte e n W estern s ta te s and te rrito rie s , tw o C anadian provinces, M exico and R ussia w ill send exhib its. C hina has decided to e stab lish m ili ta ry tra n in g schools fo r officers. W reckage from th e ste a m er Shores has been seen on L ake M ichigan. A boom has been sta rte u d in New Y ork to run R oosevelt fo r m ayor. M any vessels have been lo st by a h u rrican e off th e coast o f Y ucatan. The Illin o is le g isla tu re has been call ed on to cu t a p p ro p riatio n s $10,000,000. A new postage stam p com m em orative o f th e A .-Y .P . fa ir w ill be issued Ju n e . 1 A sy stem atic sm u g g lin g o f Chinese from El P aso to C hicago has been d is covered. A man has been cleared o f a m urder charge a t Chicago by a com parison of finger p rin ts. The F rench g overnm ent and employes are g a th e rin g th e ir forces to g e th e r for a g ig a n tic stru g g le . P a ris, May 12.—The cham ber of dep u ties, a fte r a storm y session o f four hourB yesterday, adjourned th e d eb ate on th e in terp ellatio n s on th e postal s i t uation u n til May 13. The response of th e em ployes w as quick and decisive. W ithin h a lf an hour the federal com m ittee had issued an o rd er fo r a g en eral strik e and th e railw ay m ail clerks w alked ou t in a body. An hour la te r a m eeting o f 6,000 postal em ployes took up the b a ttle and unanim ously voted to strik e . No g re a t enthusiasm was shown, bu t d eterm in atio n to force the hand of th e g overnm ent w as ap p aren t. “ The g overnm ent is playing for tim e ; we m ust not be c au g h t n a p p in g ,” w as th e s p irit o f the m eetin g as expressed by P auron, a dism issed postm an and one of th e m ost a c tiv e o r g anizers o f the movem ent. D ispatches w ere received from many c itie s announcing th e support n o t only o f th e postal em ployes b u t of th e v a ri ous trad es unions. The m in e rs’ con g ress, now in session a t Lens, also pledged aid. The p resid en t c f th e co m m ittee de clared th a t today n o t a le tte r m ust leave P a ris. The general opinion is th a t th e gov ernm ent, w ith th e aid of the soldiers and th e co-operation o f th e com m ercial bodies, w ill be able to m ain tain crip' pled services. The m ain d an g er is th a t violence ipay occur and th a t passions may be aroused by the appearance of the gen eral F ederation of L abor. V I C T O R Y FOR L U M B E R M E N . Interstate Commerce Commission O r ders Lower Rates. W ashington, May 12.—Two deci sions o f im portance to th e railw ay s and lum ber in te re sts of the N o rth w est w ere handed down today by th e In te r s ta te Commerce com m ission, th e com plain an ts againBt th e railro a d s being victorious in each instance. Many m onths'ago the K alippell L um ber com pany and o th ers and the B ig B lackfoot M illing company and o th ers engaged in the lum ber m an u factu rin g business in M ontana, in stitu te d com plaints ag a in st th e G reat N orthern R ailw ay and o th er lines a sk in g th a t they be accorded d if fe re n tia ls on th e ra te s estab lish ed in th e Spokane case. The differen tials requested w ere an av erag e of about 2 ) 4 a hundred pounds. In th e opinions a n nounced today, th e com m ittee su stain s the contentions o f th e com plainants and issued orders th a t th e differen tials are to be estab lish ed by th e railro ad s not la te r than A u g u st 1 n ex t. The orders have th e effect of larg e reduc tions in ra te s on all lum ber products from th e M ontana m ills both e a st and w est, and w ill afford them an a d v a n t age of appro x im ately 2 cents a hun dred pounds over the m ills in th e Spo kane group on E astern shipm ents. The ra te s estab lish ed are required to be m aintained by th e railro ad s fo r a t le a st tw o years. NEW C A B I N E T IS IN T R O U B L E The p rem a tu re explosion o f a sm all bomb a t M azatlan, Mexico, sta rte d a Turkish Ministers and Military Men fire in w hich 50 houses w ere burned. War Over $8,000,000. A t th e P o rtlan d p rim ary election C onstantinople, May 12.—A d iffer Joseph Sim on w as nom inated by the R epublicans for m ayor and M. G. Mun- ence o f opinion has arisen betw een S h efk e t P asha, com m ander of th e Con ly by th e D em ocrats. stitu tio n a lis t arm y th a t entered Con S p eak er Cannon has ju s t celebrated stan tin o p le A pril 24, and th e p resen t h is 73d b irth d ay . cabinet. S h efk e t P asha is of the opinion th a t W heat and corn have had another ad th e cash found in th e Y ildiz Kiosk a fte r vance in C alifornia. the expulsion o f Abdul H am id should A dm iral E vans is em p h atic in his be used to pay the expenses of his ideas a g a in s t d isarm am en t. arm y, w hile th e m in isters w an t the Jero m e may be th e T am m any candi money turned into th e national tre a s ury. The funds is question now d a te fo r m ayor of New York. am ount to alm ost $8,000,000 in cash B usiness is a t a sta n d still a t Buenos and im m ediately m ark etab le secu rities. A yres on account o f th e strik e . There S h e fk e t P ash a has one ad v an tag e in is much rio tin g . th e controversy inasm uch as the money A rum or is c u rre n t in New York is in th e possession of th e m ilita ry and th a t Gould has lo st control o f th e W est has been deposited in the w ar office. ern Pacific to M ackay. D jeved Bey, fo rm er governor gene The lake ste a m e r Shores sunk w hile ral of th e A dana v ilay et, arriv ed here on th e way to D uluth. The passengers w ith th e object o f ex p lain in g to the m in ister of the in te rio r th e o rigin and a 'd crew num bered 21. ause of th e race conflicts in his te r r i A Btatue of Longfellow has ju s t been tory . D jeved Bey has been dism issed unveiled a t W ashington. A g ran d from office. d a u g h te r of th e poet pulled th e silken cord. Heavy Snow in Montana. B u tte, May 12.— R eports frojn e a st H . E. H u n tington is ran sack in g the globe for ra re p la n ts fo r his home n ear ern, cen tral and southern p ortions of Los A ngeles. He has had a force of M ontana tell o f a heavy snow storm y esterd ay . A fo o t of snow fell in G al 40 g ard en ers a t w ork tw o years. la tin county, being the h ig h est a t th is In d ictm en ts have been retu rn ed tim e of the y e a r in th e histo ry o f the a g a in st six em ployes o f th e A m erican county. Bozeman had to abandon its S u g ar R efining company fo r alleged arbor day ex ercises because of the deep frau d s in connection w ith w eighing snow. In B eaverhead county six su g a r for d eterm in in g duty. inches o f snow fell on th e level, w hile th e m ountains th e fall w as much R apid progress is now being made in heavier. I t is feared th a t th is snow, th e Calhoun tria l. w hich is m eltin g rapidly, w ill cause R oosevelt declares th e country has a serious flojds. r ig h t to pick im m igrants. An in d u strial exposition will be held in Chicago durin g A ugust. More cold w eath er is b eing e x p eri enced thro u g h K ansas and N ebraska. The d ea th lis t in th e A dana, A siatic T urkey, m assacre, is estim a te d a t 23,- . 000 E x -S en ato r S tu a rt, of N evada, died ow ing $25,000, w ith an e s ta te w orth only $1,500. The g overnm ent has ju s t sen t $50,- 000,000 in coin from th e San F rancisco m in t to D enver. C ap tain F ran k lin , U nited S ta te s arm y, is to be c o u rt m artialed for ste a lin g several hundred thousand dol lars. Com m ercial and civil bodies o f San FranciBco gave a b rillia n t d in n er to Ad m iral Ijich i, com m ander o f th e Ja p a n ese w arsh ip s in th a t port. The shah o t P e rsia has g ran te d a c o n stitu tio n . The fo u rth D ry F arm in g congress w ill be held a t B illings, M ont., O ctober 26, 27 and 28. T a ft has declared h im self in opposi tio n to an income ta riff ta x ex cep t as a la st reso rt. H arrim a n is p lanning a m otor car serv ice in E astern O regon and W ash ington in com petition w ith electric lines and a ra te w ar is looked for. T hree W isconsin assem blym en are accused o f receiv in g bribes in connec tion w ith the election o f U nited S ta te s sen ato r. H AS R E C O R D CLIP. FARM L A N D S S O L D . Over 3,000,000 Pound* of Wool Ex Large Tract in Yamhill and Polk to Be Subdivided. pected in Malheur County. P o rtlan d — More heavy buying O n tario —The wool clip in M alheur county th is y e a r w ill be much larg er ! Oregon farm lands has ju s t come th an it w as a y ear ago, or fo r several lig h t. T hree deals involving the tra n s years, as th e fleece is in much b e tte r fe r of over 7,000 acres in w hich the to condition, and th ere a re also more tal money consideration w as about sheep in th e county than for several j $275,000 w ere reported. B roadm ead, b e tte r known as the y ears. The clip la s t y ear totaled about 2,750,000 pounds and w as considered Ladd & Reed farm located in Yam hill very larg e, b u t th is y e a r it w ill be and Polk countieis, w as sold to a P o rt m ore than 3,000,000 pounds and it w ill land syndicate, composed of J . R. P a t be clean er and much th ic k e r p er sheep terson, D. E. K easy, L. R. Menefee and G eorge A kers, fo r $150,000. The th an it w as la s t y ear. One and one h alf m illion pounds have K easey-M enefee syndicate secured an already been sold here, fo r May and option on th is property some w eeks ago Ju n e delivery, and buying continues a t from M artin W inch, rep resen tin g the a rap id ra te , so rap id in fa c t th a t there Reed e sta te , and from the Ladd in te r w ill be very little public selling th is e st w hich w as closed up by th e form al y ear, as th e sales days for O ntario 1 ave tra n sfe r of the title . A t th e sam e been s e t so late. T hey are Ju n e 7 and tim e the property w as turned over to 21. T h ere has been very little bad the Colum bia T ru st company and by w e a th e r th is year, w hich is the p a rtic th is concern w ill be subdivided into u la r reason for the fine condition of the five, ten and 20-acre tra c ts and p u t on fleeces. The sheep have come through the m ark et. the w in te r w ith less loss than fo r sev Millmen Have Protest. eral y ears previous. P rices th is sp rin g range from 20 to Oregon C ity —C om plaint has been 21 cents. L a st y e a r they w ere about made a t Salem by 17 lum ber m anufac 12 to 16>£ cents. V ery little o f the tu rers of C lackam as county a g a in st the wool in th is v icin ity is going to the Southern Pacific company, w ith the ob Chicago w arehouse. Most of it w ill be je c t of com pelling th e corporation to se n t to Boston, as in fo rm er years. A provide adequate fa c ilitie s fo r loading num ber o f wool grow ers throughout the cars a t Oregon C ity. I t is stated th a t v icin ity joined the w arehouse plan, but the com plainants are unable to in th e m ajo rity continued in th e old way, crease th e ir business and m ark et th e ir as th e prices in th is p a rt o f the coun products because of the fa ilu re of the try have alw ays been good. Southern Pacific company to afford fa Much of the sh earin g this y e a r w ill cilitie s fo r loading lum ber in car loads. be done by m achine. Some com plaint The lum berm en ask for an in v estig a of th e m achines have been heard, the tion by the S ta te R ailroad comm ission com plaint being th a t they sh ear too and it is probable th a t a tim e w ill be close fo r th e b est h ealth of the sheep, se t fo r a hearing a t O regon C ity in the b u t th is does not seem to be credited n ear fu tu re. by m any of the grow ers. Ontario Lands Bring $80,000. The annual m eeting of the M alheur and H arney Wool G row ers’ association O ntario— E ig h ty thousand d o llars’ w ill m eet in O ntario on Ju n e 22. A t w orth of property changed hands in the th a t tim e all the wool grow ers o f the vicinity of O ntario d u ring the p ast tw o counties w ill be here. w eek. The prices ranged from $125 to $200 an acre. A m ong the sales were W OOL C U P GOOD. 100 acres owned by A. M. Moody, which sold for $20,000; 75 acres owned Mitchell Growers Say Quality is Bet by Ju d g e J . T. C lem ent, $15,200; 160 acres owned by Dave D unbar, $20,000. ter Than Usual. T his land w as purchased by Portland M itchell— W oolgrow ers in th is local p arties, and th e e n tire acreage w ill be ity re p o rt th a t the season w hich is ju«t planted to f r u it trees. A. A. Brown closing has been the m ost favorable for also sold 2,000 acres fo r $20,000. lam bing fo r many years. The w eather has no t only been ideal b u t the range Heavier Clip in Umatilla. g rass w as more abundant than usual, P endleton— Many q u ie t sales of wool w hich fa c t enables the ew es to s t a r t the suck in g period w ith plenty o f nour are being made in th is section, though ishm ent. All the sheepm en rep o rt th a t it is expected th a t th e larg er p a r t of the crop of 1909 Iam bs w ill go beyond th is y e a r’s clip w ill be held u n til the the 100 p er cen t m ark. S hearing will first sales day, on May 24. In general s ta r t here about M ay 10, although prices are much in advance o f la s t those who have y earlin g s and m utton year, the ru lin g price being around 20 sheep co n tracted fo r early d riv in g are cents fo r th e b e tte r grades. T his is a general averag e of several cents in ad ju s t com m encing to sh ear them . The wool th is y e a r is of a b e tte r q u ality vance of the ru lin g prices of la st year. than usual, and the prices are likew ise. The la rg e st advance in wool is in the F arm ers o f th is section are beginning sand q u alities, some o f th is selling for to com plain of drouth and cold north alm ost tw ice as much as it commanded w inds. F all sown g rain is not doing la st year. so w ell as it should and the sp rin g sown crops w ill need m oisture to in sure a good stand. A larg er acreage has been sown to g rain th is y ear than in form er y ears and all concerned re g re t th a t th e w eath er should rem ain so unfavorable. W hile th e w eather has such a back w ard effect on th e crops, it is pleasing to know th a t the ran g e is abundantly supplied w ith the finest crop of g rass th a t the stockm en could desire. All classes o f stock are in fine condition, and prospects point to a favorable g ra z in g season. No c a ttle or horses are m oving on the m ark et a t present, b u t G. L. Frizzell, of G irds creek, will d riv e 300 head from th is county to Toppenish, W ash., v ia A rlington, about the middle of the month. Farmers’ First Annual Picnic. W eston—The anuual m eeting o f the U m atilla county P io n eers’ asociation w ill be held in th is city May 28 and 29, when i t is expected th a t p ractically every old s e ttle r w ill be on hand to re call th e “ good old d ay s” when E a stern Oregon w as the home of coyotes and th e land w as covered w ith sagebrush. The first pioneer society to be o rg an iz ed in E astern Oregon w as founded here, and annually the m eetings have been held for over 20 years. O ver 25 of the early se ttle rs of the county have passed aw ay d u rin g th e p a st 24 m onths. Shanlko Wool Clean. Shaniko— Wool g en erally in th is te r rito ry is of a much cleaner and finer q u ality th an la s t season, the p a st w in t er having been exceptionally favorable for Bheep. The o u tp u t from p resen t indications, w ill be considerably la rg e r than la s t y ear. I t is estim ated th a t there w ill be m arketed a t Shaniko ap proxim ately 4,000,000 pounds d u ring the th ree scheduled sales, Ju n e 1, 15 and 20. The g ro w ers’ opinions vary as to th e probable price to be paid. W ork on F air Buildings Begun. E ugene—The w ork o f building the grandstand and pavilion fo r the Lane county fa ir, w hich w ill be held in Sep tem ber, is under w ay. The fa ir grounds w ill be a busy place during the sum m er, as little building has y e t been done. The track , w hich is being used for train in g , is in good condition. The capacity of the g randstand w ill be 1,000. The pavilion w ill be large, well arranged and m odem . PORTLAND M ARKETS. W heat— B luestem m illing, $1.3067! 1.35; club, $1.20; T urkey red, $1.26; valley, $1.17; forty-fold, $1.26; red R ussian, $1.17(6)1.20; Cbrn— W hole, $35 per to n ; cracked, $36. B arley— Feed, $34(6 35 per ton. O ats— No. 1 w hite, $40 per ton. Baker's Wool Is Well Sold. H ay—T im othy, W illam ette valley, B aker C ity— The B aker county sheep $14(</18 per ton; E astern Oregon, $18 sh earin g p lan ts w ill be running in full 0 /2 0 ; clover, $116712; a lfa lfa , $13@ b la st May 15. The wool clip w ill be 14; g ra in hay, $1367)14; cheat, $14@ much la rg e r than la s t y ear and o f a 14.50; vetch, $14(T» 14.50. b e tte r q u ality . A bout all th e wool in F ru its — Apples, 65c<6$2.50 per box; the county has been sold w ith th e ex straw b erries, Oregon, 1 2 ' ac per ception of a few lots owned by grow ers pound. who are well able to hold, w ith a view P otatoes— $20 per hundred. o f speculating. The prices range con V egetables—T urnips, $1.25 per s a c k ; Loses by Her High Heels. sid erab ly h ig h er than la s t season, the carro ts, $1.25; parsnips, $1.50; beets, O akland, May 12.— Because she w as low est price paid in th is section w as $1.75; horseradish, 10c per pound; w earin g high-heel shoes when she was 16 cents, early in the season. As asparagus, Oregon, 75c per dozen; le t njured by a fall from a s tre e t car, high us 20 cen ts is now being offered tuce, head, 20(<i50c per dozen; onions, Mrs. A nna P eterson lost h er s u it for by th e I o ch I buyers. 12'.;((/15c per dozen; radishes, 15(620c dam ages u g ain st the O akland T raction p er dozen; rhubarb, 2j^® 33yc per company. Counsel for the corporation Hopyards Looking Very Poor. pound. advanced th e plea th a t Mrs. P eterson P o rtlan d — H opyards of the W illam B u tte r—C ity cream ery, e x tras, 26c; w as g u ilty o f co n trib u to ry negligence, e tte valley are looking poorer than fancy outside cream ery, 22 '-a6ri 2 4 c ; as no woman w earin g high-heels could ever before. In some sections not store, 18c. B u tte r f a t prices average expect to n av ig a te a level s tre e t, let more than 5 p er cent of the vines have 1 14 cent per pound under reg u lar b u t alone ste p hurried ly from a s tre e t car, sprouted and in no instance is the te r prices. w ith o u t being overbalanced by such show ing b e tte r than 15 per cent. G en E ggs—O regon ranch, 246725c. footw ear. S uperior Ju d g e F red V. erally speaking, fully 33 1-3 per cent P o u ltry --H e n s, 14S,(iT15c; broilers, Wood held the sam e view . o f the hops which appeared la st y ear 286730c; fry ers, 226725c; roosters, are m issing thus fa r th is season and 10c; ducks, 146715c; geese, 10(611c; Hawaiians Going to Fair. w hile some may appear and produce turkeys, 20c; squabs, $2.50(63 per San F rancisco, May 12.—The liner hops, it is unlikely th a t the averag e dozen. A lam tda, which arriv ed from Honolulu w ill be changed m aterially. V e a l--E x tra s, 9 \ . c ; ordinary, 8 V*6( today, bro u g h t p a rt of the H aw aiian 9c; heavy, 7678c. Cruising Benson Timber. e x h ib it for the A laska-Y ukon-Pacific P ork— Fancy, 10c p er pound. exposition a t S e a ttle . The re s t will M ist--B etw een 20 and 30 tim b er Hops 1909 contract, 9c; 1908 crop, go d ire c t on the tra n sp o rt Dix. Lloyd cru isers are w orking on the large Ben 8(< i 8 14 c ; 1907 crop, 3<<P4c; 1906 crop, Childs, special a e n t fo r H aw aii to son tim b e r holdings, located on t h e ! 1 \.c . the exposition was a passenger on the head w aters o f the C latskanie riv e r and Wool — E astern O regon, 16(621c; Alam eda. On h er n e x t tr ip th e liner along Oak Ranch creek to the N ehalcm valley, fine, 2 2 ^ 0 ; medium, 21 H e ; w ill b ring 10 p re tty H aw aiian g irls, riv e r. I t is rum ored am ong tim b er coarse, 2 0 H e; m ohair, choice, 24(025c. who will serve canned pineapples on men th a t th is tr a c t w ill change hands C a ttle — S teers, top, $5.50675.75; Koa tab les for v isito rs to th e fa ir. by th e end of the m onth. A prom in fa ir to good. $5(6 5.25; common to m e e n t M ichigan syndicate is said to be in dium , $4.50674.75; cows, top, $4.25(6 Mexican Town Wiped Out. th e deal. 4.50; fa ir to good, $3,756(4.25; com mon to medium, $2,506/3.50; calves, Acapulco. Mexico, May 12.— N ews Prospect for Oil. top. $5(35.50; heavy, $3.50674; bulls w as received here today th a t th e town A lb an y —A com pany of oil men from and stag s, $3(63.50; common, $2(02.75. of M azatlan, 20 k ilo m eters from Chil- pancingo, w as alm ost to tally destroyed C alifornia have leased about 300 acres H ogs— B est. $7.50(6 7.75; fa ir to by fire F riday. Many c itizen s escaped o f land from Mrs. R. E. W arner, near good, $7.25(1(7.50; stockers, $6(<j6.50; from th e ir homes w ith no th in g and P riceboro, in the southern p a rt of th is C hina fats. $6.75677. Sheep—Top w ethers, $4(64.50; fa ir hundre Is are reported to be starv in g . '• county, and w ill sink a w ell. The m a A high wind fanned the flames and few J chinery w ill be shipped from C alifornia to good. $3.50(04; ew es. H e less on buildings w ere le ft stan d in g . M azat in a few days and w ork w ill be com all g rad es; yearlings, b e s t $4.50; fa ir menced about Ju n e 1. to goo I, $4(64.25; sp rin g lamba, $5. lan was a town of 5,000 in h ab itan ts. C H A P T E R X .— (C o n tin u e d .) G ren v ille had m ade up his m ind th a t he w as p o w erless: but still, all th e same, M au d e's le tte r m ust be an sw ered . T h is ag a in , w as n o t so easy to do. W hen the g irl you a re in love w ith ap p eals to you te a rfu lly to save h er from being m arried to som ebody else, th e obvious course would seem to be to ru n aw ay w ith her y o u rself. B u t, a s G eorge E lio t says, "R u n n in g aw ay , especially w hen spoken of as 'ab sco n d in g ,' seems, a t a distance, to offer a good m odern s u b s titu te fo r the rig h t o f s a n c tu a ry ; b u t seen closely, it is o ften found in co n v en ien t and scarcely p ossible." So, th o u g h to em u late young L o eh in v n r a n d b ear off y o u r f a ir E llen o f N eth erb y m ay seem th e p ro p er th in g to do on th e first b lush of such occasion y et, on m a tu re reflection, It m ay prove h ard ly feasible. M rs. L o ch in v ar m ust be clothed a n d fed, w hile th e reiv in g and ra id in g by w hich th a t a d v e n tu ro u s g a lla n t do u b tless sup|>orted th e lady of his love w ould, in th ese days, be know n by the pro saic term of "ro b b ery w ith violence." T he a tte n tio n of C qlonel H en d erso n and his m yrm idons, th e g rav e co n sid eratio n of his co u n try m en , a n d a n eloquent o ra tio n r a th e r to his d isa d v a n ta g e , by a crim in a co u rt judge, would p ro b ab ly be th e te r m in atio n o f y o ung Ix tcb in v ar's career in th ese days. W h a t is he to w rite ? W h a t is he to sa y ? C an you n o t guess? O f co u rse he w ill sit down a n d do th e very th in g he sh o u ld not. H e c a n 't help, b u t he ra n co m p licate her tro u b les. Love is essen tia lly a selfish p assio n . H a v in g n o con eo latio n to offer her, no a ssista n c e to ren d e r her, he b etak es h im self to h is desk a n d p o u rs fo rth h is sto ry o f love a n d la m e n ta tio n . H e e x h o rts h er n o t to m arry P e a rm a n , b u t gives h er no h in t of how she is to com bat th e difficulties th a t s u r round her. H e p o u rs fo rth . In good, h o n est, g enuine term s, th e ta le of h is love he dw ells on th e c e rta in ty of h is hav in g a hom e ere long to offer h e r th ro u g h his ow n ex ertio n s, an d w in d s u p w ith a tr e m endous p e ro ra tio n ab o u t hav in g loved h e r from h er crad le. H e h as done n o th in g of th e k in d . H is Idve is a child of so m eth in g u n d e r a tw elv em o n th 's g ro w th : a n d though I fe a r all lovers rom ance fe a rfu lly , th ey th o ro u g h ly believe in th e ir figm ents a t th e tim e. T h en com es a n o th e r sh e et of p o sts c rip t ab o u t "c a n she love h im ?" he sh all know no rest till he g ets h e r an sw er. A n d a f te r it is all done an d posted, G ren v ille R ose feels m ore u n easy th a n ever. H e is n o t th in k in g so m uch o f poor M a u d e's tro u b le s a s W h a t w ill she say to h is d e c la ra tio n of love? H e ra c k s his b ra in fo r every tr a c e of fav o r she h as show n him all th e p ast y ear. S w eet an d co u sin ly she has been ever, b u t no sig n of love can he recall. F o o l t h a t I h av e been !” he m u t t e r s ; h av e been so c a re fu l n o t to give h er a h in t of my feelings. I w ish I h ad th a t le tte r back. Xo, I d on’t. 4 d o n ’t know, in sh o rt-------” an d th e la s t fra g m e n t con ta in e d p r e tty w ell th e g ist of G ren v ille’s th o u g h ts a t p resen t. C H A P T E R X I. M aude, a s she h a s alread y explained, h as been h av in g a h a rd tim e of It a t G lin n th ese la s t tw o o r th ree d ay s. L ife h a s been all so easy to h er so fa r, th a t she h a rd ly realizes th e facing o f this, h e r first g en u in e trouble. She Is a w a it ing th e post an x io u sly th is m o rn in g ; G ren is c e rtn in to w rite to h er by re tu rn , an d h er belief in G ren is unbounded. O nce m ore th e icy b re a k fa st tab le she so dreads. H e r f a th e r looks a t h e r a s a c u lp rit w ho w ould su b v e rt th e old G re cian sto ry , an d sacrifice h er p a re n t in ste ad of p re se n tin g h er th r o a t to th e k n ife. M r« D en iso n ev id en tly looks upon h er as a sa in te d m a rty r. She loves and sy m p ath izes w ith h er d a u g h te r ; she ap proves o f h er sp irite d refu sal, b u t she can n o t d esert h er old idols. " T h e k ing car. do n o w ro n g .” H a ro ld D en iso n 's o p inion m ust be h ers o u tw ard ly , though In h er h e a rt o f h e a rts she m ay rebuke h erself fo r n o t being on h e r d au g h ter': side. “ A le tte r from G ren v ille fo r you. M au d e," said h e r fath er, as he th re w it acro ss. S he a n d h e r cousin w ere regu la r co rre sp o n d en ts, so th a t it excited no rem ark ; yet th e m o th er noticed th a t th e g irl, in stead of te a rin g it open a s w as h er w oi.t, slipped it q u ietly in to th e pocket of h e r d ress. M aude felt a s if she pos sessed a ta lism a n a g a in st h er tro u b les, an d d eterm in ed to read it In th e so litu d e o f h e r ow n ch am b er, and th ere she betook h erself ns soon a s b re a k fa st w as over. H e r check flushed as she p erused it, and th e large grey eyes opened w ide w ith a s to n ish m en t. G ren v ille’s tale of passion a te love w ould have moved m ost girls, a lb e it he h a s n o t a s y e t in these pages figured to a n y g re a t a d v a n ta g e — still G ren v ille R ose had a shewd enough head u p o n h is sh o u ld ers, and w as a comely m an to look upon, to hoot. H e told his love w ell, a n d few m aidens, even if th ev do n o t recip ro c ate it, can listen unm oved w hen th a t old-w orld Srtory ¡a p assio n ately told them . T h e re w as p lenty o f w arm th in G ren v ille's ferv e n t pleading, an d a fte r read in g th e le tte r th ro u g h tw ice, M aude dropped th e p ap er on her lap. an d , u tte rly oblivious to h er tro u b les, fell in to a rev ena. I t seem ed so stra n g e . She h ad loved and ad m ired G ren as long ns she could rem em ber, but she had nev er th o u g h t of him in th is w ay — a t least, she did not th in k so. an d yet. alm o st u nconsciously to h erself, of late she had been m ore so licit ous a b o u t g ain in g h is good o p inion and pleasing him th a n o f yore. " T o th in k G ren should care ab o u t me in th is w ay !” she m u rm u re d : " a n d I — do I love h im ? 1 d o n 't know. H e 's nicer, an d b etter, and clev erer th a n an y o n e I ev er m et. W hy d id n 't h e tell me th is w hen he w as here la s t? I th in k I'd r a th e r have h eard it from him self. A h I but d o esn 't he tell me w hy n o t? " an d th e girl once more took u p the le tte r and r e a d : “ All this, my d arlin g , has been on my lips fo r m onths, b r,t how could I tell y o u ?— how could I seek y o u r love who had n o t even a hom e to offer? W h a t the stru g g le has been to see you so o ften , and y e t keep down w h a t surged w ith in me, I only know. W hen I kissed y o u r cheek a t p a rtin g last tim e. I n early clasped you in my arm s an d poured o u t th e s e .re t of my eonl to you. I did n o t ; it seemed m ad n ess— it ia p erh ap s m adness n o w : but. my d arlin g . I could not lose you. W hen you tell me th a t a n o th e r seeks th e prize I covet, rig h t or w rong. I m u st speak M aude, you m ust decide betw een us. Can you tr u s t me. an d w a it? ” O nce m ore the le tte r fell in h er lap. ar.d th e softened grey eyes an d slightly Hushed face su g a re d well fo r G renville R ose's wooing. " k «*,' ».« m u ttera d , so ftly , “I think l love him f now as he would h a r t m e; a n d if 1 d o n ’t q u ite y e t— fo r it seem s all so new to me— I -know I could sh o rtly . G ren, d ear, w h a t am I to w rite to you? I th in k it m u st be ‘Y ea.’ ” I t w as w rong, sh e th o u g h t, to ksap G ren in susp en se w hen he w as so d re a d fu lly in love w ith h e r ; so th a t n ig h t’s m ail bore a tim id, flu tte rin g little note, th e receip t of w hich produced a tre m endous s ta te of e x h ila ra tio n in th a t you n g T em p la r. B u t poor M aude, a f te r th e first flush of e x u lta tio n th a t e n te rs th e b reast of every girl a t a walcom e d e c la ra tio n o f lo re, quickly aw o k e to th e fact th a t her p o sition w as not a w h it Im proved by it. She confided h er en g ag em en t to her m oth er, a n d fo r th e first tim e in h er life M aude beheld M rs. D enison really angry. “ I'm su rp rise d an d d isg u sted w ith G re n ville." said th a t lady. “ I t ’s too bad of him. ta k in g a d v a n ta g e of a ch ild like you in th is m an n er. I like him , a lw a y s have liked him , an d , u n d e r d ifferen t c irc u m stan ces, would have so oner aeen you his w ife th a n an y m an 's I know . B u t ha can barely keep h im self a s yet, an d m ust know th a t h is th in k in g of a w ife a t all is foolish in th e ex trem e, an d th a t th in k ing of you is sim ply a b su rd . H e 's behaved very badly, an d if you d o n 't p ro m ise to w rite an d b reak It off, you can say . by my d esire, I shall tell y o u r f a th e r all a b o u t It.” "O h , m o th er, you w on’t do th a t,” said M aude. “ N o t u n less you oblige mo,” said M rs. D enison, ste rn ly . P o o r M aude w as electrified. T h a t the m o th er she had been alw a y s accustom ed to pet, an d do a s she liked w ith , should su d d en ly rise a g a in s t her like th is , w as p ast h er co m prehension. Y et to anyone who h as m ade c h a ra c te r his stu d y , n o th ing can be m ore in acco rd an ce w ith the u su a l law in such cases. W eak , feebla c h a ra c te rs, w hen, e ith e r from cap rice or d riv en by n ecessity , th ey ex ert such power a s m ay he in th e ir han d a, In v ariab ly do It ty ra n n ic a lly an d desp o tically . M rs. D enison has suffered of late from th e ste rn ru le of h er lord a n d m a ste r. In sp ite o f all h er love fo r h e r d a u g h te r, she h as becom e dim ly conscious th a t th ere will be no peace a t G lin n u n less M aude yields asse n t to th e u k ase H a ro ld D eni son h as p ro m u lg a te d . W om en of her class can suffer, b u t th ey can n o t resist. E ven now she would n o t u rg e M aude to m a rry P e a rm a n . B u t th a t h e r im pecuni ous n ephew had d ared to en tan g le her d a u g h te r in a n en g ag em en t, especially a t th is tim e, ro u sed as m uch w ra th w ith in h er a s h e r n a tu r e w as cap ab le of. Moat m o th ers, I Im agine, would deem she had g ro u n d s fo r in d ig n atio n . A ll th is w h ile P e a rm a n h a s n o t been T H E M O TH ER -IN -LA W IN JA PA N . idle. S low ly, b u t su rely , th e legal notices an d p roceedings p ro g ress, an d H aro ld A D i r e c t C an .*e o f t h e I n c r e a n e o f D enieon kn o w s full w ell th a t w ith in th ree D i v o r c e * in T h a t C o u n t r y . w eeks ten th o u sa n d po u n d s m u st be found, T here Is no such thing as th e m oth o r G lin n m u st go to th e h am m er. T h e er-in-law joke In Jap an . Of all th e P e a rm a n s co n d u ct th e cam p aig n w ith serious things th a t the E m peror’s sub sc ru p u lo u s politen ess. I t ia q u ite In ac co rd an ce w ith th e old tra d itio n s of th e jects tak e w ith th e ir characteristic se B a ttle of K ontenoy. T h ey apologize for riousness the mother-in-law is perhaps every fresh process, an d allu d e to it as a one of the w eightiest, says th e New m ere m a tte r of form . T h ey affect to be York Sun. lieve th a t th e re can be no d oubt M r. D en The relation between her and divorce ison will easily pay them off a t th e ex- statistics In the island em pire recently p irn tlo n of th e notice of foreclo su re. T he old g en tlem an even Indulges in p o c u la rity published by im perial com m issioners shows how Inapt would he a joke about on th e su b ject. “ M ean to h av e th e very la s t day out one's w ife's m other In Tokyo. Accord o f ns, I see, s i r ; an d q u ite rig h t, to o ," he ing to these sta tistic s 65.510 decrees of chuckled, upon m eeting th e sq u ire one divorce w ere granted by the courts, last day. year. In Iw aie province the proportion “ Y'es, P e a r m a n ," ' w as the g rim r e t o r t ; : of divorces to m arriages for the year “ I learn ed th e ex actin g of my p o u n d of was 26.30 per cent, the highest |>er- flesh, to th e la s t p en n y w eig h t, in yo u r centage in all th e islands. h an d s. I have n o t forgot my lesson. You The comm issioners them selves in a b u rn it Into y o u r p u p ils’ m inds p re tty com m entary upon the increase of di deeply.” T h e old law y er h as laid h im self open vorces In Jap an give It ns th e ir opin to a n o th e r rebuff, an d D enison h a s not ion th a t th e rapid Increase is due di failed to ta k e a d v a n ta g e th ereo f. W hy? re c tly 'to tin1 grow ing frequency of S arcaam b re a k s no bones, few knew b e t clashes between wives and th eir moth- te r th a n th a t a s tu te "fish er of m en." ers-in-law. W ith the Introduction of H is se n tiv in e ss w as to lerab ly b lu n t, and an educative system for girls and the he recked little w h a t men sa id to him , o r o f him . so long a s th e fu rth e ra n c e of softening of the stringent social bonds th e o b ject he had In view w as a tta in e d . th a t used to keep w atch in a place of T h a t h is son should m a rry M au d e D en i obscurity h a s come the m anifestation son w as th e goal he now aim ed a t, an d of a new and rebellious sp irit among th a t th a t w as to he b ro u g h t ab o u t, he the women. still th o u g h t f a r fro m im probable. To Since everything in Jap an Is the re th a t end he conceived, even w hile p ress verse of conditions in occidental coun ing him fo r m oney, it w as q u ite n ecessary to keep on easy te rm s w ith th e sq u ire. tries It Is not to he wondered a t th a t N one knew b e tte r th a n he how b itte r it if th ere is any pressure from the fabled is fo r a p ro u d m an to ta k e h is w ords h ard hand of the m other-in-law it falls back, an d if w h a t he now played fo r w as upon the Japanese wife and not th e to be achieved, th a t w as a n ecessity. T he husband. T his Is because of the very task m u st be m ade a s easy a s possible— fundam entals of Japanese religion and th e u n p a la ta b le d ra u g h t su g ared aa far fam ily life. a s m ight be. Since th e son must alw ays he loyal "H e— h e ! " he a n s w e re d ; “ you will have y o u r joke, M r. D enison. I t ’s a and ohedient to Ills p aren ts during th eir m ighty p ity you c o u ld n 't m ake u p your lifetim e, no m atter how querulous and m ind to c o n c e n tra te th e p ro p e rty once exacting old age may m ake them, when m ore. Beg p ard o n . S q u ire ,” be co n tin u ed , lip takes a wife th a t u n fo rtu n ate wom d ep recatin g D en iso n 's a n g ry g e s tu re ; an Is more than her husband a slave to " d o n 't fe a r my a llu d in g to it ag a in . It her husband's m other. From the days w as p re su m p tio n on m.v p a r t, I know , and when Shinto began to he the national if I said a n y th in g to vex you, I'm su re faith of th e Japanese filial affection I'm h e a rtily so rry . Y ou'll forgive a n old m an, who. n o t h av in g been b ro u g h t up and obedience necessitated as a m atter w ith y o u r views, saw n o th in g b u t th e con of course th a t though the son m ight c e n tra tio n of a n e state. Yes. I know I m arry his abode should bo the abode w as all in th s w ro n g : it isn 't likely M iss of his parents until th e ir death unless M aude could be b ro u g h t to th in k of such tlielr consent to another arrangem ent a thing. I'm su re 1 hope th e caliing-in could be secured. of th e m ortgage is n o inco n v en ien ce; you T his has m eant th a t two and often can easily ra ise it elsew here. B u t S a m 's three generations occupy one house and got so deep in th e racin g now . th a t we m ust g et th a t su m to g eth er before the of all the occupants of one of these Two T h o u sa n d . I w ish he w a s n ’t ; b u t communal house's th e younger wives lie's clever, S am is— clever in h is w ay — a re the least Im portant. They rem ain too g re a t a g en tlem an for me. N o o f strictly accountable to th e ir mothers- fense. sir, I h o p e ; b u t I'm a p la in m an .” ln-lnw until such tim e as death steps C H A P T E R X I I. H aro ld D euison touched his h a t h a u g h t ily. an d rode h om e; b u t th e old u s u re r's a rtfu l speech still sim m ered in h is b ra in . W hy should it n o t be? I t w ould c u t th e tan g led kn o t of his difficulties. H e had m ade Inquiries. Y oung P e a rm a n had been b ro u g h t u p a g en tlem an , a n d v isited in sev eral good houses in th e co u n ty . H e n a tu ra lly a little ex ag g erated th is to him self. to ju s tif y th e co u rse he in te n d e d to p u rs u e ; nay . fo r th e m a tte r of th a t, had been p u rsu in g fo r som e day*. I lia w ife had told him th a t sh e had laid th e P e a r man p ro p o sitio n b efo ra M aude, a n d th a t th e you n g lady had declined, w ith th a n k a ; since w h ich in tellig en ca he h ad bullied Mra. D enison, a n d sn u bbed or tre a te d his d a u g h te r w ith cold Indifference. T h e heads f th s fam ily can m ake co n tu m acio u s ch ild ren conscious o f th e ir high d isp lea s u re w ith o u t a n y unseem ly r a tin g — indeed, th a t m ay be looked upon a s m ere m ild an d sa lu ta ry p u n ish m e n t com pared to th e oth e r— th a t o th e r w hich, to apeak m etaphor- c a ll/, co n s is la in being condem ned to the In and m akes them supreme. Although In the larg er cities the w estern civilization has to a g reat ex ten t modified ancient custom, much of the irksom eness of ancient restrictions rem ains In th e fam ily life of the coun tr y people. T here It Is th a t the clash between th e new-found Independence of the women, found In schooling, and th e old scheme of a dom inant mother- in-law has brought about the greatest num ber of separations in fam ilies of the new er generation. A X a l n r n l C ro e» . One of the most beautiful n atu ral roefc carvings in the w orld Is the Southern Cross, on th e Island of G rand Manan, in the Bay of Fundy. I t stands a t the head of a ledge of rock3 Jutting Into the bay from th e foot of one of the Immense cliffs a t the southern end