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
.
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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