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M OSIER............................ O R E G O N
EVENTS OF THE DAV
Display o f Dry Farm ing Products Ar-
rivirg a* Billings.
B illings.
Mont.,
Sept. 22.— W hile
farm ers throughout the W est are pre
paring samples o f their products for
display at the International Dry Farm
ing exposition which w ill be held here
October 25-29 in connection with the
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
O P E N IN G A T L A K E V IE W .
Every
Participant Sure o f Securing
Land o r Lot.
BIG F R U IT T R A C T B O U G H T .
Eastern
Capitalists Purchase
A cres in Rogue Valley.
1,260
The Pirate of
Alastair
« u m t ' s ^ c e h t
H O LLAN D
rock». I turned tnd signalled to Rodnej
! that the coast was clear, and saw him
1 lower himself by one arm and find a foot
ing. Then, with a » ‘.lent prayer that no
| stray bullet might lodge in one of us be-
i fore we reached cover, I stepped gingerly
■ on to the beach. You have seen picture#
! of African
warriors stealing tip-toe
! through the jungle, their whole bodies
i alert for any noise. So I went, uy sense
‘ of hearing abnormally acute, my eyes
straining Into the twilight for peril. I
could neither run nor stop, but stepped on
with the precision of an automaton, hop-
| ing that in time the stretch of sand
j would have slipped past beneath my feet
and I come to the refuge of the dunes. I
did not look hack, but knew that threo
other men were tip-toeing as silently be
hind me, keen as was I to break into a
dash. So on and on I went, for endless
time it seemed then— hearing only the
sob of the tbb and flow of the tide and
the soft, slurring rattle of the water as
It slipped back over a stretch of stones.
I neared the cottage, had gone one-half,
two-thirds, three-fourths, of the way, and
then of a sudden a screaming gull whir
led above my head. and. without thought
save that I must break this tension, I shot
forth full running for the house. I raced
over the hard sand, over the soft sand,
and when I came to my cottage fell pant
ing In the wide arms of the dunes, quiv
ering. breathless.
A moment later the
three others had fallen near me, and we
all lay there like so many bags of meal.
“ That’s panic!” said Rodney. "I know
now how it comes without any cause.”
After a time Charles rose and stole to
the kitchen-window. lie looked in and
shook his head. Then he disappeared
around the other side. “ Nobody there,”
he presently reported.
I looked at my pistol and led the way.
The front door was ajar, and without any
more ado I entered ray house on tip-toe.
keen-eyed as a cat. The others followed,
and Charles closed the door and bolted it.
I went into the kitchen, found it also
empty, and secured that entrance; then,
with the same care, we four filed up th*
stairs and into my study. A man sat in
my Morris-chair, smoking my meerschaum
pipe. I covered him with the revolver as
he looked up.
“ H ello!” said he. “ Never mind the
gun. I’ m alone in the house, and my
gun's not In shooting order.”
“ Suppose I see, sir,’’ said Charles, and
a moment later he found a revolver in
the man’s hip-pocket and appropriated it.
"W ell,” J demanded, “ what have you to
say to breaking into a man’s house in his
absence?*
The other— you could see he had a
sense of humor from the wry smile he
made— leaned back and cocked his eye at
me. “ I heard you’d gone to sea.” he an
swered, “ and wouldn’t be coming back
soon.”
“ Ah. that’s where l have the advantage
of you, aud a very considerable advan
tage.
What I want Is the Frenchman
over there.” He looked past me at Du
ponceau. “ I come in for gold when I cap
ture him.”
I signaled to Charles, and In a trice
he had bent the man’s arms tight around
the back of the chair. I found a rope and
tied him there fast. We bound his mouth
securely, so that even his wry smile dis»
appeared, and then left him.
(T o be continued.)
Fourth Dry Farm ing congress, the
Grants Pass.— One o f the largest
L a k e v ie w — The distribution o f the
Montana board o f control is rushing lands o f the Oregon V alley Land com deals to take place in Rogue river fruit
Author of "T h * C m l at Harvard,'* ate.
lands occurred a few days ago, when
work on the exh ibit hall where the re pany, owners o f the old Oregon m ili
tary road grant, and the H eryford Cat a representative o f Eastern capitalists
Copyrifht, 1908. by J. B. Lippincott Company.
A ll right* reserved.
sults o f dry farm ing operations w ill be
tle company’ s lands, not only is the purchased the S. 11. Riggs property,
Less Important but N ot Less Inter exhibited in ocular demonstration o f
consisting o f IL’fiO acres. This is one
largest p rivate land opening in histo
of the finest bodies of land in the
esting Happenings from Points
the success o f in telligen t application ry, but it differs in many ways from
county, and is supplied with 2000
Outside the State.
o f scientific principles in practical a g land allotments made by the United inch«“» or more o f water from the Ap
riculture.
States government.
In the L akeview plegate river, its former owners foun
C H A P T E R X IV .— (Continued.)
For the main division o f the exposi opening every participant gets a tract much profit in raising threo crops o f
“ Ixiok !” Puponceau was standing, and
Peary has arrived at Sydney, N. S., tion, the local com mittee has secured
Puponceau and I lifted the cheat be we followed his gaze and saw a sail-boat
o f land and a town lot.J There are no a lfa lfa each year, and selling it at from
on his way home.
the wool warehouse, one o f the largest blanks.
I $15 to $20 a ton, but it has now be tween us, and as silently as we had en — my sailboat— round the cliff to the weat
Damage to crops by the Southern buildings in Billings. The building is
Three hundred thousand acres o f land 1 ome o profitable to raise fru it that tered the woods our party of four with and lie to in the open sea. “ Not that
60 by 160 fe e t and is located along the are being distributed practically with- flr‘‘‘'
crops do not produce suf drew from them. When we came to the wav,” he said; “ there’ll be no more swim
storm w ill reach $1,000,000.
■dge we halted, and after a few whis ming done. They’re going to guard us
revenue to
to satisfy
satisfy the fruit
The lands I ficient revenue
railroad tracks in the center o f the city. out expense to the public.
Government troops o f Paraguay have
pered words turned towards the shelter from the o<*ean.”
Its barn like interior is being trans were cut into 11,992 tracts, varyin g in ! raiser. The buyer and his associates
of the cliff. We were some quarter down
been repulsed by revolutionists.
Then Rodney spoks up. "Perhaps l
formed from the unaesthetic crudities size from 10 acres to 1,000 acres, and will take possession o f the premises on It when from the pines at our hack came
(the Hist day o f January, and they will
can get across the beach to the cottage
T w e lv e deaths are now reported from o f warehouse architecture into an a t that number o f contracts were sold for
loud halloo. Almost simultaneously a and bring some of the tinned meats back.”
at that time put on a large force of
the storm which swept the G u lf states. tractive exposition hall by a force of $200 each, every contract being good
men to lay out the tract in an ideal man sprang out of the shadows before us,
"Unless they have confiscated my house
T w o high for a tract o f land and a Lak eview lot. manner, with convenient avenues run and <*alled “ Stop!”
Dr. Cook has reached N ew Y ork and carpenters and decorators.
as well as my boat,” I suggested. “ How
“ Run!” said Rodney, and, like a foot ever. it’s worth a try. Charles stays on
received a tremendous ovation on land partitions w ill d ivide the room into The purchasers liv e in every state in ning in every direction, in order to
three compartments, or large aisles, the Union, but the bulk o f the con make it the largest tract o f land dc ball player, Lunged, lantern and all, guard, and I go with you.”
ing.
w ith a total o f 92,000 square fe e t o f tracts were sold in the Middle West. voted to fruit alone in Rogue river straight at the man’s knees. The two
So. a little later, the two of us, having
M axine E lliott, the actress, se.ys wall space. A t the base o f each p arti About 3,000 contracts were sold in N e valley. The entire premises w ill be went down in ¿1 heap, and the man’s re an eye that the men in the sail-Ixmt
K in g Edward is “ charmingly deligh t tion and around the walls o f the entire braska, 2,000 in Kansas, and smaller planted as rapidly an possible in volver went off without harm.
should not see us. lowered ourselves over
fu l.”
Run, Mr. Felix !” cried Charles, and I the side, and waded waist-deep through
building, shelves are being built, which allotments in Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, peaches, pears and commercial apples.
This place form erly belonged to Con *aw him jump at the struggling men and the water. We crawled up the rocks and.
Claus Spreckels’ sons have engaged w ill g iv e nearly 4,000 square fe e t o f Ohio, Indiana, Minnesota, Oklahoma sul 11. H. M iller, but last year it was pull Isllp free.
lying low. peered through breaks at the
N ea rly 1,000 con sold to S. II. Riggs, who kept it nine
in a legal war over the division o f the Bpace, making a total o f approxim ately and other states.
Duponoeau and I ran, caring nothing beach. There was nothing but shining
96,000 square fe e t o f available exh ibit tracts were bought by Oregon and Cal months, raised several hundred tons of
estate.
for shelter now, hut making straight for sand between our position and the house.
space.
iforn ia people.
a lfa lfa hay. and sold out at a price up the Ship. The enemy must have num
Ex-Governor Pardee, o f C alifornia,
Carefully we stole over the rocks and,
The grains and grasses and other
into six figures.
bered half a dozen. There were cries be separating slightly, so that each might be
has started another attack on Secretary products which are to be displayed on
F O R E S T F U N D IS *3 3 ,1 2 0 47.
hind us. and a bullet whizzed into the unhampered by the other, advanced west
B allinger.
Irrigation N ear Vale
the walls and threshed grains, roots,
cliff on our left. Another shout, and we ward. I had an impression of what it
Vale- D. M. Brogan, the Seattle knew they were in full pursuit, with
The Postoffice department has order fru its and vegetables w ill be shown on O regon Sch ool Fund Is Increased by
must be to inarch across a desert in the
capitalist, who is constructing a large Rodney and Charles acting as our rear face of an unseen foe. Only, we did not
ed a 12-cent stamp.
I t w ill bear a the shelves. A false ceiling is being
R eserve Receipts.
irrigation project on W illo w creek guard.
put in 14 fe e t from the floor and deco
likeness o f Henry Clay.
have the protection of the desert, for there
Salem — Congressman H aw ley has re about 24 miles from Vale, is m eeting
rated with bunting and Hags.
The
Luckily the cheat was not heavy, and were dunes above us on the right.
A new tribe o f Eskimos have been
walls w ill have a background o f black ceived a letter from the acting secre with great success and encouragement when we came to the rocks we could
We had gone perhaps half-way when
found on Prince A lb e rt Land.
They
cloth. When the exhibits are in place, tary o f the interior to the effect that | in the reclamation o f 30,000 acres o f scramble over them without delay. Into the silence rang with a shot. A little
are very tall and resembple the North
flie
water
we
plunged,
and,
reaching
the
under
the
terms
o
f
the
agricultural
ap
land just north o f the project recently
the gold and green o f grains and grass
furrow blew up in the sand before me,
Am erican Indian.
es outlined »g a in st the black back propriation act, fo r 1909, approved rejected by tbe governm ent because o f side of the Ship, heaved the chest on and I saw a light cloud of smoge steal
bon,
1
Then
we
scrambled
up,
dripping
away from the dunes. An instant’s si
Several ranches have
The cruiser Colorado had to put in at ground and the red, white and blue o f M ay 23, 1908, $33,120.47, realized lack o f funds.
Honolulu on. account o f bad boilers, the national colors upon the ceiling and ! from forest reserves in this state dur- j been purchased from settlers and three and we pulled our rear-guard over the lence. another report, and a furrow was
side.
ploughed In the sand ten yards to the
They have been replaced and the vessel about the walls, w ill make a picture o f I *nK th* year ending June 30, 1909, w ill , reservoirs w ill be constructed, the
Another splash, and I fired straight rear. We were hemmed in by an unseen
strikin g artistic effectiveness.
| he turned over to the state to be placed 1 water to be taken from W illo w creek
w ill proceed on the A siatic cruise.
down into the water. At the shot the ring.
The floor space w ill be divided into | in the common school fund o f the state. ; and its tributaries. A railroad is be- enemy retreated, and. cursing, took him
E x-V ice President Fairbanks is in
We faced to the dunes, standing stock
20 foo t squares and above the center o f j The law provides that 26 per cent ing built from V ale to Brogan, the self back to the rocks where his friend
Manila.
still. Two more guns cracked, and the
each square w ill pe an arc light.
\ o t the money received from each forest townsite o f the project.
tood, a mark against the sky
bullets sped in the air, above our heads,
N ew Y ork is seeking a good, live
E xhibits sre already beginning to j reserve shall be paid at the end o f the
‘ We’ll get that pirate!” one of the men but not so far that we could not hear
candidate fo r mayor.
arrive and are being placed in the e x year to the state treasurer wherein the
called. There was silonce on the Ship, them sing. Rodney could stand it no
Apples Sold to East.
reserves are located, to be expended as
M ilton— S. L. Dunlap a prosperous More threats and curses followed, and longer.
A trial trip w ill be made o f the bat position hall.
the legislature may direct for the pub rancher o f this valley, residing a few then the enemy retired, promising to rout
“ Come out and show yourselves like
tleship Delaware October 20.
lic schools and public roads o f the miles north o f this city at Sunnyside, us out next day
men !” he cried, his voice high-pitched and
F A V O R S C O R P O R A T IO N T A X .
Rodney was the first of us to speak straining. An instant's pause, and then
The trial o f Patrick Calhoun has
county or counties in which the forest is this week finishing the harvesting o f
Up anchor and off for the Spanish two men leaped forward.
reserve is located.
been continued until Septem ber 27.
his apple crop.
Mr. Dunlap has three
President T aft Says It Is Better Than
The total amount realized from the acres o f fine land, all set out to apple M ain!” he cried. “ I really feel like
Isllp’s pistol cracked, then another man
The Wabash R ailw ay company has
joined the two, and as by Instinct we
forest reserves o f Oregon during the trees, and from theBe trees he is this pirate. Where’s Duponceau?”
Incom e Tax.
suceeded in gainin g entrance into P itts
H
ere!”
We
turned
and
saw
our
gen
separated.
year ending June 30 was 132,481.88. season taking 2,000 boxes o f apples.
Denver, Sept. 22.— M aking his way
burg.
Neman adventurer sitting on the chest.
Then began a running fire while we
Mr. H aw ley was instrumental in se A ll o f his crop is contracted to an East
Rodney
burst
into
a
laupgh.
“
To
think
still
further
to
the
W
est,
President
Forester Pinchot says he has no
curing the enactment o f the clause un ern firm fo r $2 per box, making him an that not one of them knew what it was heat a retreat. I kept close as I could
to the water, emptying my revolver in
quarrel w ith B allinger and that he T a ft arrived in this city yesterday a f der which the public schools receive
income from three acres o f land amount you two carried ! They must have thought such a way as to retard the enemy with
w ill not resign.
ternoon, and last night, in the Denver forest reserve revenues,
ing to $4,000. Mr. Dunlap’s orchard that we were foraging for food.”
out wounding them: for we suspected
We had all four come out of the scrim that they were seeking to intimidate us,
is a model o f the typical commercial
The Spanish troops have gained an auditorium, where a year ago W illiam
Filling Farm ers' Warehouses.
mage unscathed, except for a few bruises, without actually resorting to bloodshed,
orchard.
other victory over the Moors, d rivin g J. Bryan was nominated as his oppon
but were were too much excited to sleep. and we. for our part, had no desire to
La Grande.— Over 15,000 bushels of
them back with heavy loBBes.
ent in the presidential race, he faced a grain arc already stored in the farm ers’
With much ceremony, we took the chest have any deaths on our hands. They
Forest Ranger Examination.
One o f the leading educators o f the crowd o f thousands that in its noisy union warehouse at Island City, al
Bend— The examination fo r the posi below* and placed it Inside of that other gained on 11s, for we retreated while they
U n i' ersity o f Chicago, has accepted a
welcome and continuous enthusiasm re though the roof on the building is not tion o f forest ranger in the Deschutes brass-bound box that had waited so long advanced, and It was only by taking full
yet completed. The union is yet in its
for a new* treasure. I was sure that Rod speed to my heels and making for the
position w ith the Chinese Im perial uni
LAB E LS.
called some o f the scenes o f convention
infancy in Union county, but the farm national forest w ill be held at Prine- ney was eager for a look at the inside of rocks that I won a temporary respite. The
versity, Pekin.
week.
v
ille
October
16
and
17.
A
t
these
ex
ers are working together splendidly,
Duponceau’s box, and, to tell the truth enemy stopped, and now we could pepper T h e y A r e M e r e t r i c i o u s T h i n g s I f
The volcano
Kilauea,
Hawaiian
President T a ft, switching from his and it is thought that before the stor aminations applicants are put through I also was hoping for a peep at it, but
them, shooting to right and left as fast
T h e y M i * b r a 11 <1 a n A r t i c l e .
islands, is exceedingly active. The purpose to discuss the conservation o f ing season is over 30,000 bushels of a severe test o f their abilities in the Duponceau preferred to keep its secrets
as we loaded.
“ You can go right 011 talking
to
lava is risin g fa st and is only 100 fe et natural resources, last night took up ' wheat will be in this warehouse. The various branches o f forest work, from entirely to himself. He was communica
I glanced backward, and saw the sail father, Mr. Jerrold,” Madge Rolierts
the corporation tax and defended it 1 wheat is pool 1 and held in the ware- cruising to road and bridge making. tlve only to a certain point; beyond that boat very close— much closer than
from the rim o f the crater.
I
said, gaily, “ hut I want* Mrs. Jerrold
against the proposition to impose a d i-j house for sale, and when the buyers One o f the most important features o f he was a very sphinx, and in some way liked.
Ecuador w ill no doubt furnish a good
to see my V lrot hat.”
rect ioncome tax, which he said seemed purchase the grain it will be con- the work o f foresters in this region is the facts he told us seemed to enwrap
"They’re going to board the Ship!” I
m arket for machinery during the com
“ I am sure. Just because I happen
lik ely to pass the senate when the cor- j veniently near the main line o f the the supervision o f cattle and sheep him in more mystery.
ried, and splashed into the water.
I
ing year, as new factories and rail
I w*ent up on deck, w*here Charles was tumbled up the side and made for the to be a mere man, you wouldn’t he
poration tax was devised as a cotnpro- rllilroa<1 for shipment.
ranging in the reserve, where the
roads are being constructed and con
mise. The president strongly urged.
herds and bards are pastured in the pacing steadily back and forth.
nrther bulwark, calling to Puponceau cruel enough to deprive me o f a pleas
tracts for new public improvements
“ Yop saved Mr. Isllp from a very bad anu Charles to stir themselves. As I did ure.” Mr. Jerrold retorted.
however, that the states ra tify the pro-
G row s Alfalfa on T id e Lands,
summer months.
are being let.
position, diaries.” I said. "How* did you
posed income tax amendment to the
A s to ria — O. I. Peterson, well known
Madge dimpled, and made Mm a
two men came scrambling over the
manage to quiet that fellow so soon
Pheasants Sent to Idaho.
Governor JohnBon, o f Minnesota, has constitution in order to make such a farm er o f this county, has grown a
outer rocks and made for the Ship, while courtesy.
She could not help being
With
an
upper-cut
I
learned
in
the
suffered a relapse and lies at death’s tax available in tim e o f necessity.
third held the sail-boat to the shore. I
| splendid crop o f a lfa lfa hay on tide
C orvallis— The largest consignment
old country, sir. I left him fast asleep. heard shouts, and saw Rodney cross be happy that the hat was so lieeondng.
door.
The president declared that the cor- 1 land, which goes far to demostrate the o f Chinese pheasants ever shipped out
“ And It cost, exclusive o f the label
He’d been prowling round the kitchen, side me. He stood a moment unprotected,
poration tax was in its e lf the best form ! adaptability o f such lards for the pro o f the state le ft Corvallis a fe w days
sir. and making himself generally disa and that instant a bullet todk him in the that I begged from Cousin Adelaide,
The national convention o f bankers
o f income tax that could be levied, and duction o f this staple feed. He planted ago for Boise. The state o f Idaho is greeable, and I was glad to settle the
exactly six dollars and seven cents.”
has declared against postal savings
arm and I heard him give a cry of pain.
pointed out that it contained many o f j it on M ay 3 and harvested it on August the buyer. The game birds were rais score.”
she explained, triumphantly, to Mrs.
banks.
It
’s
nothing—
a
scratch
on
the
flesh,”
the best features o f the income tax law , 4, just three months to a day, and it ed and sold by Gene M. Simpson, whose
‘‘H ’ tn, so we left one trussed like a pig
Jerrold. “ Every girl I know, except
The high court o f Bt. Petersburg is o f England. The president declared it measures 30 inches and is full and rich C orvallis pheasant farm is the second in the w’oods, and another asleep on the he muttered as he crouched.
one that I'v e let Into the secret, really
The
two
men
w*ere
climbing
the
sea
passing out wholesale sentences on the would be possible so to amend the cor- j and o f strong color, liber and nutritirn. largest in the United States.
The beach. This begins to look serious.”
ward side. I waited, and as the first thinks It Is a Vlrot."
mere word o f spies.
poration tax as to include within its Mr. Peterson is pleased w ith the off- birds, 1,000 in number, filled the spe
“ Yes, Mr. Felix ; that’s what I ’ve been •cared above me I was on him and with
"W h y not let them think It a Robert!
all the force in my body hurled him hack,
Y . Uchida, now Japanese ambassa scope every desired feature o f an in- : hand tryout he has g iven the staple, cial car that was brought for the pur saying to myself for the last half-hour.”
We spent thut night in a state of sup- so that he lost his hold and fell splashing. and get the credit you deserve?” Mr.
come
tax
except
the
levy
upon
incomes
and
is
convinced
that
it
may
be
utilized
pose
by
B.
T.
Livingston,
deputy
game
dor to Austria, w ill be transferred to
pressed excitement— that is, all of us ex The other was balancing, had one foot Jerrold suggested with, beneath th«
warden fo r the state o f Idaho.
erived from actual salary and profes on tide lands here w ith success.
the United States.
cept Puponceau, who seemed to regard a over, had sprung, when Puponceau and light words, a gravity which Madg«
sional services.
trial by bullets as nothing out of the us Charles seized him, and he went, legs was too ahsorhed to notice.
Western Canada* trades unions are
PO R TLA N D M ARKETS.
Alfalfa Brings High Prices.
The president said he opposed direct
“ I f that Isn't a ‘ mere man' ques
ual.
m aking a fight against using Oriental income tax except in cases o f em erg
swiugitig in a circle, beside his fellow in
F reew ater— The a la flfa crop in the
tion !” she responded. "T o get looked
W heat— Bluestem, 96c; club, 87c;
the sea.
labor on the railroads.
ency and he believed it to be a prime Hudson Bav country is almost entirely
C H A PTE R XV.
We crouched, for the man in the boat down upon by lots o f people when a
red Russian, 8 5 ' ac ; valley, 90c; fife,
This section received its
In a speech at Winona. Minn., Pres fau lt in the Federal constitution that in stack.
I watched the east turn opalescent with was firing.
The two below scrambled simple little label can get me looked lit
87c;
Turkey
red,
87c;
40-fold,
89>*c.
ident T a ft declared the present tariff no provision is made for a direct levy name from the fact that the Hudson
B arley— Feed, $25.50(4)26; brewing, the coming sun. and the sea pass through out of the waves and scurried back to to ! I made my suit myself, and lt’l
to meet wartim e or other extraordinary Bay company in the early days o f Ore
law the best the country ever had.
the
pale,
translucent
colors
of
the
shells
the
sail-boat.
Then Rodney and Dupon- as big a Buccess as my hat—and every
$26.50(n 27 per ton.
expenses.
gon wintered their stock in this valley.
beneath Its surface, delicate reds and blues coau kept that side of the Ship, while
The steamer Nicholas, en route from
Oats— No. 1 white, $27(4>27.25 per
body thinks It came from Hammond's.
The clim ate ia m ilder than that uf the
and the infinitely soft mother-of-pearl. Charles and I watched the other. There
Havana to Cienfuegos. went BHhore on
ton.
Hill Says Leader Is Lost.
Then the hues deepened, and the sun, not were a few more scattering shots, then It's my good luck to have rich cousin!
surrounding country.
L arge bands for
the Isle o f Pines and 29 lives w ere lost.
H ay— Tim othy, W illa m ette valley, yet too bold for the eye, rose like the
who can
furnish the labels o f th«
St. Paul, Sept. 22.— James J. H ill, Spokane and Seattle markets are w in
the enemy made off.
$U .»i 16 per ton; Eastern Oregon, center of a gorgeous flower. The a<»a-
The Great Northern and St. Paul chairman o f the board o f directors o f tered here.
In time we left Charles on guard and swell shops. I ’m quite w illing to keep
The crop w ill be about
talents In the background;
II
promise a 56-hour schedule from Chi the Great Northern R ailw ay company, 20,000 tons and ranchers are g ettin g $17.50(dl8.50; a lfa lfa , $14; clover, world was his. and through and over the went down to the cabin, while Dupon- my
$14; cheat, $13(o 14.50; grain hay, vast space of it glittered his tiny mes •oau examined and bandaged Rodney’s counts a great deal more to he stylish
cago to Seattle in the fight fo r mail said today o f Governor Johnson : “ He $9 and $10 a ton at the stack.
$15(ol6.
sages of living flame. 'They came even arm. Rodney was righ t; it was merely a than to be talented. 1 nnist run now
possessed many o f the qualities o f a
contracts.
Butter— C ity creamery, extras, 36c; to the side of the Ship and shivered them flesh-wound in his fore-arm, but, slight as — and take my Vlrot to the recital.
leader combined w ith kindly disposition
C oos P ort Plans D redge.
Dr. Cook says he has records which
fnney qutside
creamery,
33(d36c; selves radiantly against its old. gray- it was. it seemed to turn nim into our Good-by. both o f y o n !”
and a pleasant app. arance. His a b ili
Marshfield — The commissioners o f
w ill provve he was at the Pole and w ill
green. sea-worn boards.
hero. It was the first blood of the war.
It was a careless scrap o f t a l k -
ty was illustrated by his career, com the P ort o f Coos Bay have ordered plans store, 2 l(o 22c per pound. Butter fat
convince the skeptics bb soon as he
I had the world to myself, the sea and
When the wound was attended to we
prices
average
1
!ac
per
pound
under
ing. as he did, from the lowest stratum and specifications for a suction dredge
nothing was farther from the g irl-!
Its
dancing
colors,
the
Ship
and
its
early
went
on
deck,
all
of
us
aquiver
w*ith
ex
reaches the United States.
o f the social structure to the highest. a little larger than the dredge used on regular butter prices.
thought than that It would Inlluenc«
E ggs Oregon ranch, candled, 32>sc morning memories. That awe and ven citement, and there we four sat, each with
The Interstate Commerce commis And his lif e ’s work with its results the Coos bay harbor, Hnd also for a
eration which steals over the watcher of
pistol in his hand, and warm blood her life. Yet only four months later,
per
dozen.
sion w ill investigate the reasons for w ere not matters o f accident.
They bucket dredge for the rivers. It is es
when her father's sudden death mad«
dawn— as though witness to a birth both beating In his veins.
Poultry
Hens, 16(o'17c per pound;
the Santa Fe withdraw ing its offer to w ere due to his perseverance and abil tim ated that the cost w ill he about
physical and spiritual stole over me. and
Noon came, and we lunched on scraps, It necessary for her to become a wage-
springs,
16(o'17c;
roosters,
9
(o
l0
c
;
put on a fast mail train to the Pacific it y .”
I wondered how often in the ages past and tried to make out on smoking many earner, that winter evening returned
$90,000.
Colonel J. B. Lockwood,
ducks, young, 1 4 (ol5 c; geese, young, solitary watchers had marvelled from this pipefuls of tobacco. The sun slowly
coast.
form er engineer for
the
Port of
to tier In a way she was never to for
10(o 11c; turkeys, 20c; squabs, $1.75(d) deck.
Life was new and strange and crossed the western heavens and com get. She had gone to Mr. Jerrold to
M assacre R eport Denied.
Portland, advised the commission re
A temperance wave is sweeping over
2 per dozen.
sweet, and as boundless as the ocean be menced to drop. Suddenly I discovered
St. Petersburg, Sept. 22.— The re garding the harbor work it contem
ask his Influence In obtaining a secre
Germany.
Pi rk— Fancy, 9 SO» 10c per pound.
fore me.
that I was parched with thirst.
taryship o f which she had heard.
London’ s new non-tip hotel is mak port that anti-Jewish riots have oc plated.
V e a l- Extra, lO lo 'lO ^ c per pound.
“
‘
Water,
water
everywhere,
and
not
a
I came back to reality, and wondered
curred at K ie v is officially denied at
Mr. Jerrold was kindness Itself, bul
ing a great hit.
Fruits— A p p ’es, $ l(o2.25 per box; how it was that I. who only a week be drop to drink.* There’s no use disguis
the chancellory o f Prem ier Stolypin.
Prune C ro p G ood.
pears, 60c(o$1.25; peaches, 75c(d$1.25 fore had been busied with my manuscript ing it any longer: we’ll be caught here he shook Ids head gravely.
The forest fires in Southern C a lifo r
The official news agency and newspa
“ Miss
Madge.” he said. "1 would
Albany - Prune d rying has begun in per crate; cantaloupes, $50c(a'$1.25; in the study of my cottage, should now like rats in a trap,” I said. “ We’d better
nia continue to grow.
pers have no word o f riotin g and it is this vicin ity, and the drier men report
be facing a life as strange as it was dar get away before we fall to eating horse- rather lose a thousand dollars than say
plums.
25(o50c
per
box;
watermelons,
Governor Johnson’ s physicians an thought the report is based on an inci
a gixxi yield, w ith the fru it in excellent lc per pound; grapes, 40c(4$1.25 per ing. Man cannot live a life to himself leather.’*
whnt I must say. yet I should not l>«
nounce that he w ill recover.
dent which occurred at Slobodka. A condition. The prune packing estab cra te; Concords, 25c per basket; casa- tlone, occurred to me. and I thought that
“ I have plenty of water and food in fa ir to yon If I dhl not say It. I can
Peary says he w ill be glad to refer band o f 16 mi mhers o f the Reactionary lishment is making active preparation
my
house.
It’
ll
stand
a
good
long
siege.
not recommend you for the secretary
bas, $1.50(o2 per crate; quinces, $1.50 he would not even If he could. The or
the Pole controversy to an arbitration league appeared on the streets on that to begin packing fru it.
dinary. normal course no longer appealed If any of those rascals are living in it. ship because It is a position o f respon
They expect per box.
I'd
like
to
turn
them
out.
What
do
you
to me. 1 cared not if our opponents were
court.
day and fe ll upon the promenading to start the packer about the first o f
sibility. and demands n woman o f Ir
Potatoes— 75c(o$l per sack; sweet
servants of the law or of a private power say?”
A new pretender to the Persian Jews with cries o f "h e r e is quality for October under the management o f La potatoes. 2e per pound.
reproachable honesty and honor. I t ll
struggling to overwhelm my friend.
I
‘
It
sounds
pretty
good
to
me,’’
assented
you,”
and
began
to
beat
them.
Police
Selle Bros.
It is expected that the,
Onions $1.25 per sack,
throne has appeared and troops have
the Vlrot label that stands in the way.
looked down at the pistol in my belt and Rodney.
appeared
and
the
Reactionaries
fled.
factory w ill handle upwards o f 100 cars
Vegetables Beans, 4(o 5c per pound; smiled ; the life of an adventurer was not
been sent to suppress him.
Puponceau nodded, and so it was ar Miss Madge. It Is not that I should
o f fru it this season.
cabbage, 1(41 >4c ; cauliflower, 75c(4 so bad when it gave one the se.i and the ranged that we should leave the Ship. not trust yon as far as you saw. but
The Russian cabinet has decided that
F orm er P reach er Fills Job
j $1.25 per dozen; celery, 50(475c; corn. sky and the fellowship of men.
There were no two ways about ft, to go or — I could not tie sure that you would
the czar is supreme in all matters re
St. Paul, Sept. 22.— Adolph C. Eber-
Valuable Tim ber Land Sold.
j 1 5(o20c; cucumbers, 10(d25c; onions,
Puponceau stood l>esule me. his face se stay aud be starved Into surrender.
see clearly. 1 will do my best to help
lating to the army and navy.
hart, w ho, by thé death o f Governor
Ashland— Eighteen thousand acres o f 12'-a(o 15c; peas, 7c per pound; pep- rene. delight in the fresh day mirrored In
you to obtain some other position, bul
Johnson,
becomes
the
ch
ief
executive
his eyes.
W alter E. Clark, the new governor
tim ber land, known as the Coggins pera,
4(45c;
pumpkins.
I could not In Justice to the trust Im
C H A P T E R X V I.
o f Alaska, says there must be peace o f the state, was born in Sweden, 38 tract, lyin g half in Oregon and half squash, 5c; tomatoes, 50c per box.
"W hy will men fight and prey on each
Our change of base was to be made posed
upon me recommend you fot
years ago, but came to Minnesota in in C alifornia, has been sold to the
between the rival political parties.
after sunset, between those hour» when this.”
Hops 1909 Fuggles, 20(42 lc per other?” hr asked wonderingly.
1881. He attended the public schools Northern C aliforn ia Lumber company. 1 pound; clusters, nominal; 1909 crop,
"You should know,” I answered.
the darkness should first steal across the
Two
minutes later a girl hurried
T w o Los Angeles men, both over 80, and was afterward graduated from ft is estim ated that there are 460,(NO.
“ Yea,” said he; “ I should, and I do. beach, and those when our enemy might
17c; 1907 crop. 12c; 1906 crop, 8c.
down the street, her cheeks InimtUf
fought over a woman who is 75. One Gustavus Adolphus college, at St. 000 fe e t o f standing tim ber on the
Utopia
has
not
come,
and
meanwhile
we
expect
that
we
would
venture
forth
under
Wool Eastern Oregon, 16(«i23cper
each covet what others have and we have the shade of night. We decided to leave and her eyes full o f tears. But sh«
o f the combatants is in the hospital.
Peter, as a m inister o f the Gospel. land, o f which 70 per cent is sugar ami pound;
valley,
23(<i25c;
mohair,
not. Those men yonder merely represent Puponceau’» chest where it was for the had learned her lesson.— Youth's Cou>
Soon a fte r his graduation Mr. Eberhart white pine.
choice,
23(425c.
Mexicans attacked and stoned the abandoned church work and took up the
powers that want to do what I
have present, in the belief that the enemy panlon.
Cattle
Steers,
top
quality,
$4.25(4
Austrian consulate at M onterey*.
done.”
would instantly turn their attention to
study o f law.
Drill fo r Oil N ear Nehalem.
4.50; f a ;r t o g o o d , $4; common, $3.50
D ad '« Idas.
Uharles and Rodney came on deck, and my cottage, and that the box would be
The damage to the PorMand Flour
Nehalem — The Hydrocarbon O il com (43.75; cows, top, $3.50; fa ir to good,
"P a ," said Mrs. Hardappl*. enthn*
we breakfasted on what was still left of »afest In some such place as that desert
ing m ills plant ia placed at $300,001).
Big Land Oeal R ecorded
pany is building • large d rillin g camp I $3(<(3.25; common to medium, $2.50(4 our provisions— a scanty store, that stood ed cabin.
lastlcatly. "Mandy Is getting to be ont
Merced, Cal., Sept. 22 -One o f the near here, a barge load o f heavy ma 2.75; calves, top, $5(45.50; heavy In immediate need of replenishiug. Then
Robbers attempted to hold up a Rio
With night fall we prepared, glad to o f these here sure-enough artist folks.
Grande train in'Colorado, but did n o t! largest land deals recorded in this sec chinery having already been received. $3.60<i1 4: hulls. $2«> 2.25; stags, $2.50 we held a council of war.
be about something after eight hours of Would yeou like to see her wash draw
We were to go In ings?''
succeed in g ettin g it to the express car. , tion o f California was completed to- Actual d rillin g w ill commence very (it 3.50.
” l f they are wise.”
said Rodney, patient watching.
,
day, when the C. W. W ooster com- soon.
Hogs Best, $8; fa ir to good, $7.76 “ they’ll aettle down to besiege 11a. They single file, I first. Rtidney next, hi»
"N o,” growled the old man. In crab
British » . I t w i t i e . say sea f.«'»l.tie - ' p|lny> o f s , n Frmnci|lco. took a bond on
(<(7 85; stockers, $ 6 «i7 ; China fats, could starve us out of here In forty-eight wounded arm in a »ling, then Puponceau, bed tones "Blamed lot o f foolishness
Seven
Pound
Potato.
I the Chowehilla ranch, 14 miles south
hours. I ’ve an idea, however, that they’re and finally Charle», with some little «pace
$7.50(fi S.
I ’d rather see her wash dishes.”
An Ohio schoolboy has had his skull uf Merced. The ranch contains 108,-
Pendleton— George Dodge, gardener
Sheep Top wethers, $4(44.25; fa ir sfrsid to do that for fesr of legal corne between ue. We cleaned and loaded our
brokon through hazing.
(KM) acres and the deal ia said to have fo r the J. E. Smith Livestock com to good, $3.50(fi3.76; ewes. S¡c less on Q ««se*s Intake it this is a purely pet- revolvers, and about 8 o’clock, when we
You never do a good thing In your
could no longer see the sail boat standing
The bank clerks wanted in Victor a, j involved more than $1,000,000. The pany, has a potato that weighs 7 S all grades; yearlings, best, $4(d.4.25;
'V*1'*-
life without making an e ffo rt There
to good. $3.60(43.75; s p rin g ' * 1'* ‘* ‘ h* same thoughts: some French out againat us. I bade good-by to th»
H. C.. for passing b i t checks, have bceu W ooster company plan* to irrigate the pounds.
The seed was planted in fa ir
are no people who are good by acci
lambs, $5.26 ,16. 50.
Tua
a,
Huponce,,,. were trying to Ship, slid over the side Into the water,
caught in New Vork.
tract and colonize iL
March.
kidoAD k inv
b*«a m% couclOMM»
crooned through it, god crept over the dent.— Qrlmshaw.
Newsy Items Gathered from All
Parts of the World.
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