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Mosier Bulletin b m cd Each Friday M OSIER.. OREGON EVENTS OFTHE DAY Newsy Items Gathered from At Parts of the World. Less Important but N o t Less Inter esting Happenings from Points Outside the State. Chang Chi Tiung, grand councillor o f China, ia dead. An exploison o f firedamp in a Nan aimo, B. C .t mine killed 82 miners Japan has forced China into a treaty which closes the open door in Man' churia to all but Japanese. Am erican Consul Hanna, at Mon terey, M exico, again appeals fo r help fo r the earthquake sufferers. B eginning N ov. 1 the Burlington w ill shorten its running tim e between Chicago and the coast to 72 hours. The supreme court has refused a re hearing to James A . Finch, the Port land attorney convicted o f murder. A daughter o f Samuel Clemens, bet ter known as Mark Tw ain, w ill wed the Russian pianist, Gabrilowitsch. The mayor o f Spokane has reap pointed Street Commissioner Tuerke, who had been ousted by his brother councilmen. A Kansas woman pleaded g u ilty o f bigam y, saying she had been married six tim es without being divorced, and was tired o f men and matrimony. A C aliforn ia woman who was suing fo r divorce fe ll heir to (6,000,000, and im m ediately w ithdrew her divorce suit that she m ight share the money with her husband. Many anarchists are being found In Spain and arrested. Canada has grabbed a large area o f Folar land for G reat B ritain. A m reica w ill be first to examine and report upon Dr. Cook’s A rctic records. E X P L O S IO N K IL L S 32. British Colum bia Mine 8 cen e o f A w ful D isaster. Ladysm ith, B. C., Oct 6.— A s a re sult o f the explosion o f fire-damp in the Extension mine o f the W ellington IM M E N S E T R A C T S O L D . T h e Pirate of T R A IN R O U T E F IX E D . C olliery company near here yesterday, 32 miners lost th eir lives and g re a t N orth Yakima 8yndldats Tak es O ver damage was done to the mine prop 16,000 A c re s in Harney. erty. Up to 11 o ’ clock last night 18 bodies had been recovered and 14 more were known to be entombed in tbs mine. Thomas Hislop, who was one o f the laBt o f the 700 miners and associates who scurried from the Extension mine a fte r the disastrous explosion, gave a most graphic account o f the accident. “ I was w orking w ith 16 men, includ ing five o f the dead, on the first level when we heard the explosion,” said he. " W e stood fo r a second in the darkness. The rush o f air put our lamps out, until some one came w ith a safety lamp, and 15 o f the 17 o f us holding coat tails, hurried along, holding the lamp anead to see the g lis tening o f the rails. W e made little headway before w e were driven back. ‘ The damp drove us back into the level again. W e tried to clamber out into the cross-cut, but were driven from there. In No. 3 counter-level we le ft five men, A le x M cLellan, Jack Ismuster, Winn Steel, Fred Ingham and Bob W hite. When w e leat them, We did not know the damp had g ot them. W e knew nothing then except that the smoke and damp w ere chasing us back whichever w ay we went. F i nally we sat down to figure out what could be done. W e w ere tired and beaten back. The fire-damp came so thick and fast the air could not be breathed and we had to run back again. ‘ W e had given up hope and decided to w ait fo r death, when we heard a shout and A le x Shaw, the foreman and Davidson, who lost his son in the mine, came. When we heard their shouts instructing us, we smashed through to the slope and crawled over to safety. Then, fatigued and worn out, we clambered up the slope, clin g ing to each other’s coattails, and helped by men who m et us w ith saftey lan terns. W e w aited at the slope-head for the five we le ft behind, but they never came ou t.” C H O L E R A S H O W IN G F A N G S . Disease Raises M enacing Restaurants and schools are being Dread Head In St. P etersburg, closed at Madrid, Russia, on account of cholera. SL Petersburg, Russia, OcL 6.— The G reat Northern plans a mail Cholera is increasing in Russia, and es train to run from S L Paul to Seattle in pecially in this city, where it seems to have become firm ly established. From 47 hours. the start o f the outbreak there have N ew Y ork Republicans have nom been in St. Petersburg alofae 16,662 inated a man fo r mayor who is practi cases and 6,000 deaths. cally unknown. During the month o f Septem ber the N ine men are dead and two dyin g as number o f cases increased everyw here and infection reached the wealthy part the result o f an explosion and fire in o f the city and m ilitary academy. I t Roslyn coal mine. is also spreading throughout the coun Seventeen balloons competed fo r the try districts and there were 226 deaths Bennett cup at Zurich, Switzerland. in the provences last week. N earer S L N in e nations are represented. Petersburg the infected districts have Rabbi Stephen 8. W ise says m isceg a greater number o f victim s, as fo r in enation is a menace to the Jewish race stance, T ver, Yakoslav and Koetromar, and to C hristianity in general. where the deaths o f last week were 23, An Am erican m ining syndicate is 83 and 35, respectively. Further south m aking millions by w orking the ta il the figures are lower, y et they show the disease is increasing. ings o f ancient M exican mines. Europe gen erally is in danger o f be The U n iversity o f Nebraska has coming infected w ith the plague and g iven out that it does not want college there is talk among other nations o f toughs, nor "s is s ie s ,” and that no'stu- imposing some efficient sanitary meas dent who worked his way haB ever dis ures on Russia from without. graced the institution. The special train o f the president’s party is composed o f plain coaches. OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST B R IT IS H F L A G S E T . The president g ive s assurance that Canadian Vesaell Returns From Cruise Vancouver barracks w ill not be moved. to 84 D egrees North. The National German A llian ce o f Farther Point, Quebec, Oct. 6.— The Am erica w ill take up the cry o f anti Canadian governm ent steam er Arctic, prohibition. Captain J. E. Bernier, which has been President T a ft spent tw o days in in the Far N orth fo r more than a year, Portland and declared them the pleas reached here tonight. Captain Bernier refused to talk o f his trip, saying he antest o f his trip. must first report to the m inister o f H arrim kn’s interests w ill be handled marine. by three men, R ob ert S. Lovett, J. C. The expedition was arranged prim ar Stubbs and Julius KruttachnitL ily to collect customs duties from the The chairman o f the Republican Am erican whalers operating in north I t was also com county com m ittee o f N ew York w ill Canadian w aters try to stop the votin g o f dead men’s missioned to plant the British flag as a sign o f Canadian ownership on all names. islands and other parts o f land in the The Kansas state board o f health A rctic seas which hitherto had been has declared its e lf against the wearing unclaimed. o f beards and w ill try to have its rul ings enforced by law. N ew Road C om ing W est. Portland— A g re a t tract o f Eastern Oregon land, com prising 16,000 acres has been sold by J. O. Elrod, a local real estate dealer, to Frank H. C lerf and bis mother, o f North Yakim a, and associates, a t a consideration o f $300, 000. The deal represents a profit o f over $100,000 to M r. Elrod, who pur chased the land 18 months ago. T h e ] property is located in Harney county and comprises what is known as the old John D evine ranch, one o f the most noted ranches in Oregon. One o f the unique features o f the place is that it boasts a herd o f elk, one o f the fe w herds o f this kind in Oregon. The name o f the place is now the A lvord ranch. I t has been rented to the P a cific Livestock company, but the recent purchasers w ill stock the property and conduct it themselves. The land is all fenced and cross fenced, w ith about 7,600 acres in hay. The remainder is good sagebrush land w ith a large quantity o f available w ater fo r irrigation purposes. Good buildings have been erected on the place, and all the im provements are in good shape. Mr. Elrod says that the purchase represents an advance in the price o f the land o f something over $100,000 in 18 months. A year ago last June he purchased it from the Eugene Church company o f Tacoma. The deal has just been consummated whereby the prop erty ia transferred to Mr. C le rf and associates. _ _ _ _ _ REDUCE E X PRESS R ATE S. N ew Schedule G oes Into E ffect on O. R. & N. Lines. Salem — October 1 the reduced e x press rates ordered by the railroad om m ission on the Oregon R ailw ay & N avigation company’ s lines where the Pacific Express company operates, went into operation. The reductions are m aterial, and in some instances as much as 20 and 25 per cent. The Pacific Express company accept ed the reductions without m aking a fight in the courts. Patrons o f the express company w ill at once fe el the benefits o f the reduced rates. A n effo rt w ill soon be made to pro cure a reduction o f the rates charged by the W ells F argo Express company, which operates in the W illam ette val ley. R epresentative B. F. Jones o f Polk county, who brought the success ful complaint against the Pacific E x press company, ia also prosecuting the complaint against the W ells Fargo i company. __________ Building Santiam Bridge. Lebanon — Preparatina fo r the con struction o f the bridge over the San tiam rive r at this place are being made as rapidly as possible, fo r the new line between Lebanon and Crabtree o f the Oregon & C aliforn ia railroad company. A gang o f nearly 100 men are now at work on the new structure. The bridge is goin g to be one o f the longest bridges in the country, being nearly 400 fe e t crossing tha river, w ith a tres tle o f some 2,000 fe e t on the west ap proach to'the bridge. The bridge w ill cost in the neighborhood o f $100,000. Auto Road Is Discussed. Marshfield— The building o f an auto mobile road from Coos bay to Roseburg was the chief subject under discussion at a good roads m eeting held at Co- quille, the county seat. The plan is to have tha residents along the line agree to a special tax and the county appropriate an equal amounL A road, passable at a lf tim es o f the year, has been agitated for some tim e, but it is likely that the present movement w ill m aterialise in actual work next sum mer. Heavy Shipments o f Hay. Lostin e— O ver 3,600 tons o f hay has been shipped from this station during the past tw o weeks. On an average tw o cars, or about 60 tons per day, have been shipped fo r the last 60 days. Three bay balers near Lostine are run ning steady tim e now. The shipping o f this hay to Portland markets speaks w ell fo r the quality o f the hay as well as the quantity. The price paid for the hay f. o. b. Lostine is about $10. The average price o f clover and a lfa lfa hay in the stack is $6 or $7. Baling A wealthy Grand A rm y veteran was Minneapolis, Oct. 6.— Indications so badly crushed in the rush to see o f a substantial kind point to the build T a ft at the Portland armory that he ing o f a fourth transcontinental line died on the way to the hospital. from the T w in C ities to the Pacific Charles W. Morse, N ew York finan Coast in the near future. This new cier, convicted oy viola tin g national coast line w ill be an extension o f the osts $2. banking laws, has paid o ff $7,600,000 Minneapolis & St. Louis. W ord comes o f his indebtedness, and says he w ill from Lebeau, S. D., the present W est Increased Lien Is Denied. ern terminus, that E. D. Sloan, locat son pay the rem aining $60000,0. Salem — A ft e r a long discussion o f ing engineer, has been ordered to pro S ir Thomas Lipton would like an ceed at once with a survey across the the m erits o f the case the desert land other chance at the Am erica yachting Cheyenne reservation to the Montana board has come to the conclusion that line. There ia great a c tiv ity all along the Deschutes Irriga tion and Pow er cup. company cannot demand an increased the line. _____________ C h ie f Forester Pinchot fears trusts lien o f 140 per cent, or $40 an acre are a fte r water power sites in the President Has Busy Day. from the settlers fo r reclaimed land. West. San Francisco, Oct. 6.— A fte r spend The m atter w ill probably be taken up by the settlers, and the reclamation An Am erican fishing vessel has been ing the entire forenoon in the cities o f company and finally threshed out in the seized for poaching on Mexican fishing Oakland and Berkeley, across the bay. President T a ft was welcomed to San courts. The dispute ia ons o f long preserves. Francisco this afternoon by a throng standing. A ft e r a long fight Mrs. Yerkes has that lined the walks, in some places La Grands Has O at R ecord. been granted a third o f the estate o f ten deep, along a line o f march extend La Grande— One o f the largest yields ing over three miles o f the principal her husband. streets. The school children o f this and records for fast threshing as well S evere fighting between the Span city, o f Oakland :>nn Berkeley gave have been enacted here this week, their joyous cheers for the President. when the Connaway machine, thresh iards and Moors contiues. Later in the day the president was ing on the Leander Ferguson ranch, General Grant says he w ill quit the the guest o f honor at the Union brought out 129 bushels o f oats to the army i f need be and g iv e all his tim e eague Club. acre o f a 20 acre Aeld. During 10 to temperance. hours one day the thresher rolled out 8 0 0 Buffalo M ake Escape 6,008 bushels o f oats. The yield is The survey has begun on the last Calgary, Alberta, Oct. 6.— Word was one bushel to the acre greater than link o f the C aliforn ia railroad into the brought here today that the Canadian tw o crops already reported on 20 acre Klam ath country. buffalo park at W ainridge, Alberta, fields this season. The sultan o f Morocco has put El had bren destroyed by the prairie fire T o Plant Vast O rchard Roghi, the pretender, to death, using which has been burning In that section for a week. As the fire burned the the most horrible cruelty. A lb an y— Articles o f incorporation o f fence surrounding the park, the herds the Linnhaven Orchard company, the W . A . Clark, Jr., son o f ex-Senator o f buffalo, estimated to number 800 corporation which plans to set out a Clark, o f Montana, has discovered a animals and a large herd o f elk, es S,000-acre orchard in Linn county, have process for sm elting zinc ore and may caped. The fires in this section have been filed in the county clerk ’ s office. become the zine king o f the'country. caused a financial loss that w ill run The capital stock o f the corporation is One man was killed and eigh t others into the millions. $300,000, divided into 3,000 shares o f injured in a collision between a pas $100 each, $100,000 being preferred S p s li Only f i ' k l P e r « * . senger train and work train on the stock and $200,000 common. Pu get Sound railroad at Garrison tun Paris, OcL 6.— The Spanish ambas Hunting M akes Revenue. nel, Montana. sador denied today that Spain had A lban y— Linn county has contrib President T a ft has declared him self changed her intentions in Morocco. He declared Spain was seeking only to uted $1,863 to the state game fund al in fa v o r o f ship subsidy. p acify the country around M elilla and ready this year, 997 hunters' licenses The M iners’ congress at Goldfield, that she had but fifty thousand troops'an d 866 anglers’ licensee having been N ev., condemned the policy o f Forester in Morocco, instead o f seventy thou-1 issued from the county clerk ’ s office sand. here. PinchoL Demonstration Special to Stop Seven Eastern O regon Tow n s. at Portland— Its shibboleth " A crop for every acre every y ea r,” thedemonstra tion train o f the O. R. & N. w ill leave Portland, October 26 on an anti bar renness crusade in Sherman. G illiam and M oro counties. The intinerary o f the educational train as finally decided upon provides a four-days’ trip in which seven stops w ill be made. lone, Heppner, Clem, Condon, Grass Valley, Moro and W asco w ill be visited by the demonstration train and at each place six lectures w ill be delivered by mem bers o f the faculty o f the Oregon A g ricultural college at Corvallis, profes sors o f that institution, w ith a few railroad officials to be the only passen gera o f the demonstration special. The complete schedule fo r the dem onstration train is as follow s: Tuesday, October 26— lone, 9 a. m. to 12 noon; Heppner, 2 p. m. to 5 p. m. and 8 p. m. to 9 :30 p. m. Wednesday, October 27— Clem, 9 a. m. to 12 noon; Condon, 2 p. m. to 6 p. m., and 8 p. m. to 9:30 p m. Thursday, October 28— Grass Valley, 9 a. m. to 12 noon; Moro, 2. p. m. to 5 p. m. and 8 p. m. to 9 :30 p. m. Friday, October 29— Wasco, 9 a. m to 12 noon. KVPERT*SA*cZ Alastair HOLLAND Author o f “T h e Count at Harvard,** ate. Copyrlfht, 1908. by J. B. Lippincott Company. A ll rights reserved. C H A P T E R X V III. ricade by a none-too gentle lift from I was up the stain like a flash, to And Charles. Duponceau, one of the old broadswords in I turned to Duponceau; he was just bis hand, holding the balcony. Men'B sitting up, rubbing his shoulders. He heads were to be seen just above the struggled up to his feet and looked about flooring of the porch, where the Invaders him. had climbed by means of my trellises, but “ I'm afraid, Selden, you’ll never forgive the owners of those heads seemed very lit yourself for sheltering me. I didn't think tle disposed to come farther. They had it would really come to this." no reserves te cover their attack from the " I did,” I answered. “ I knew It, and the protection of the dunes, and Dupon I knew we'd beat them off. But if they ceau was proclaiming that he would be ever come again, ft’ll be the end of one head the first rascal that raised himself cr the other of us.” another Inch. At the ring of determina “ I'd better surrender,” he said. tion in his voice, no wonder that no one I gave a short laugh. “ I ’d put you in came on. I had barely reached his side, chains first. This is my house, aud I however, when a man flung a handful of have what guests I choose, and all the sand full In Duponceau's face, temporar bowers of Europe shan't prevent me I Do ily blinding him. at the same moment these people think we're living in the Mid that another leaped up the trellis and dle Ages?” vaulted over the balcony rail. I met him " I ’ m inclined to think we are,” said face to face, and recognized the surly chap Rodney, from his seat on tha overturned who bad spied on me that first day from settle. .“ But I've always had a liking for the woods. He had not gained his balance those days, so I don't object.” when I fell upon him, hoping to topple Then we went to work to build up the him back against the rail. Instead, his front of the house as best we could. Bohemian C olony C om ing. feet shot out from under him, and, clutch Klam ath Falla— Unless some unfor- ing at me, he fell flat on the balcony. He C H A P T E R X IX . seen obstacle arises there w ill be lo lay there panting a second, his arms about By the time we had finished our repair* cated in the southern portion o f the my back, while I tried to get my hands the morning was still not far advanced Klam ath basin one o f the largest Bo upon his chest to push myself up. Sud towards noon. I had lighted a pipe and hemian colonies ever established in any denly his grip tightened, and, with a lurch, was smoking In the full joy of rest after state. S ix ty representatives o f the he rolled me over, ro that now 1 lay tin battle, when Rodney came up to ms with colony have spent several days goin g derneath and pinned by bis arms. Then a puckered line between his eyebrows. over the 3,000 acres o f land on which he tried my game, and, hands on my chest, " I ’m afraid,” he remarked, “ we’re going options have been secured. The colony sought to drive the breath from my body. to get let down for the rest of the day." He was heavy, and I felt myself going, is in the form o f a club and consists o f “ \\ hy, man !** I ejaculated, "you approxim ately 600 fam ilies. Officials going, drawing each breath harder, see wouldn’t be going through that sort of ing red more dully, when with a jerk the o f the club visited this section several racket each hour in the twenty-four, weeks ago and secured options on the pressure lightened, and I looked up to see would you?” Charles, his brawny arms about the man’s He smiled at my auswer. “ Not exactly, large Lakeside tract. shoulders, slowly but Inexorably throwing but just at present we're playing the part The 60 members who have been here him over on his side. Ills hands relaxed of a lot of cooped up rats too realistical fo r several days are a final com mittee there was a groan, and the man lay flat on to pass on the land. I f they recommend his back, Charles securely kneeling ou ly to suit your humble servant. I'll be expecting them to set fire to the house the acceptance o f the land the settlin g him while I struggled to my feet. next. Besides that, 1 shouldn’t be sur up o f this large area w ill be begun at Meantime Duponceau, his sight clear prised If the club would start a search for once. again, had held the balcony, and more, me at any moment. Anything may hap had driven the men down the supports by pened In my office, the market may have Raise 120,000 Pounds Onions. striking with his sword over the edge. gone to pot, and my customers be ready Throw him over,” he commanded us to tar and feather me.” Salem — John R. D im ick w ill this year m arket 120,000 pounds o f onions now, and quickly we had the hapless crea “ Well,” ! agreed, "that's all true, and from his farm near Salem. T o har ture up on the railing and had dropped je t If you go it leaves Duponceau Just so him into the sand below. lie fell with a much more unprotected.” vest the large crop Mr. Dim ick has in soft thud, and we turned to other mat I know," he mused thoughtfully, rub vented a topping machine. I t was the ters. bing his cheek with his )*nd. " I wish to first machine o f the kind to be received It was high time. Baffled at the bal the deuce I knew who t V man was." He by the patent office at Washington. It cony, the enemy were already trying to threshes 60 pounds a minutes, taking batter in the front door. A t the first looked at me sharply. "Haven't you an inkling, Felix?” off the tops and trash from onions, sounds below-stairs, Rodney had drawn 1 shook my head. "A ll I know is that leaving them clean and unbruised. To my dinner-table and the heavy oak settle- care fo r onions by hand, it takes three across the door, and fortified it with every he came out of the sea iif a storm, with his precious treasure-boz, and that Fate men a half day to prepare 3,000 heavy weight ln-doors. Now the batter lias apparently appointed us to protect pounds. Mr. D im ick finds onions a ing began, and Duponceau and Charles him from his enemies until he sees fit to joined him while with an axe I found In paying crop. return into the sea again. On one subject my den I hacked away the trellises that he's absolutely unapproachable : bis ante climbed to the balcony. Verily the fight cedents.” N ew Flour Mill Active. was hot when I would cut down my own Baker C ity — The Baker flouring mill, “ Then why,” pursued Rodney, “ did you property. which is now almost completed, has Crash— crash ! A heavy log struck the ever take such an Infernal liking to him?" I considered. “ Why did you?" been an extensive buyer o f grain in front door and ri pped away a panel. The Our eyes met, and we both smiled, Eastern Oregon this season, having log was withdrawn, there was a shout, just closed a contract w ith the North and again came the thudding crash, splin chuckled, and then laughed. "There’s an old French adage,” said Powder grow ers fo r 25,000 bushels o f tering the upper part of the door and car He wheat. In contemplation o f the de rying clear in to the settle. I was mad, Rodney— “ ‘cheschez la femme.’ ” mand caused by the new m ill many mad through and through, at the thought took a turn or two up and down the room. Then "See here, Felix,’’ he said, “ there’s ranchers raised more grain this year of these desperadoes, and a glance at no denying the fact that we're both of than usual, and the result has been Charles face told me that he was the same. us in the same boat, figuratively speaking, gratifiyin g, both the grow er and the We buIR up the barricade, we tried to even If no longer physically. You had a stay it against the next assault, but this m ill operators. time the upper part of the door burst in great drag from the start, because you ward, and we were almost face to face were living such an unusual sort of life, O dd Fellow s to Spend $ 5 ,0 0 0 . with the foe. Rodney and I crammed the and were probably a woman-hater, cer Condon— The Odd Fellow s have be dining-room table into place, and threw tainly had no use for society. Those gun excavatin g fo r their new two-story the chairs behind It. I cared little now things take with a girl brought up iu New brick building on Spring streeL The if ail the furnitunre were beaten into York.” I smoked stolidly. “ You won the first building w ill be 30x100 feet, and w ill splinters. cost $5,000. The order expects to be "N ow I” cried Duponceau. There was won ad, and that takes with a woman any where.” able to occupy its new quarters about a boom, a crash, and the battering-rom He looked at his bandaged arm and shot half way Into the house. As it January 1. cleaved away tha door, Duponceau leaped smiled reminiscently!] He was probably high on to the wre<* of the table and laid thinking of that half-hour vrfren skte had PO R TLA N D M ARKETS. about him with his sword. I saw one dressed It. “ But the main point is," he resumed, W h eat— Track prices: Bluestem, man fall sideways, and the rest, startled that we both knew that the particular 96c; club, 88c; led Russian, 8 6 ){c ; into fear by this man with eyes ablaze, girl in question loved romance better than stand, hesitate, and fall back. valley, 90c; F ife , 88c; Turkey red, “ Come on 1” he cried. "There Is room anything else In the world.” 88c; 40-fold, 90c. "And that Duponceau was romance for two abreast” ' But no one came on; B arley— Feed, $26; brewing, $27. the passage through that open doorway personified,” I added, "which fully ex Oats— No. 1, white, $27.50^i'28. plains our actions.” looked dubious. Corn— Whole, $36; cracked, $36. Rodney puffed at his cigarette in si A hurried conference, a quick dispersal, H ay— Tim othy, W illa m ette valley, and then the enemy was back, armed with lence. $ 15(a) 16 per ton; Eastern Oregon, $18 clubs cut from the woods. Now they came "Yet I ’ve grown very fond of the man,” (<bl9; alfalfa, $14; clover, $14; cheat, on with a rush, and the battle joined. he said presently. "H e's brave, and he’s Pistols were discarded; it was to be a a gentleman.” $13(<tJ14.60; grain hay, $16f($16. “ I'm foud of him, too. I wouldn't give ■ Butter— C ity creamery, extras 36; fight of our old rusty swords, and sticks fancy outside creamery, 33(i/36c per found by Charles, and the staffs of the him up now for the world. I intend to pound; store, 22)4(q)24c. Butter fa t pines. Two men leaped into the breach stay right here until something happens.” Rodney finished his cigarette and threw prices average 1 per pound under and fell on Duponceau, another slipped in and fell to Rodney's care, while Charles it sway. “ I f you don’t mind,” he said. regular butter prices. and I gripped our weapons and waited. I'll steal over to your farmer's and ride E g g s —Oregon ranch, 32)$(a'33c per Duponceau thrust at one of his assail horse to the club. 1’re a feeling that dozen. ants and with a jerk threw the other something may be doing in the outer Poultry— Hens, 1 4 ((il4 jy c ; springs, across the broken table almost at my world, and that I ought to get next to a 14dt 14H e ; roosters, 9(<$10c; ducks, feet. A blow aimed at my head fell on ticket. I ’ll not be long, and I don’t think 15c; geese, 9 (u l0 c; turkeys, 18(<£19c; Charles' staff, and he had the man reeling they’ll come back before afternoon.” in a corner with a sudden thrust of his squabs, $1.75(>(2 per doz. “Go, by all means. The man will give arm. Another man followed, and he and you the horse and show you an inland Pork— Fancy, 9 ® 9 )* c per pound. Veal -E x tr a , 10(u)10%c per pound. I laid about each other, blow falling on road, so you'll not fall in with these peo Fresh F ru its— Apples, new, $1.25(d) sword, and sword on pine-wood. We had ple. We can get on »11 right until night 1.75 per box; pears, $1(0)1.75; peaches, the advantage In that we stood on the fall.” Rodney started to leave, then turned 75c(q.$ 1.25 per cra te; cantaloupes, 50c chair*, th* table, and what was left of the door, and the enemy had to spring again. (u$1.25 per cra te; plums, 25<<£60c per against our entrenched position. Face to 'I was sore,“ he said, “ that first after box; watermelons, l c per pound; face with us, toppling over the broken grapes, 85c(u$1.25 per crate, 20(u25c furniture, their ardor passed, and grad noon when I found you and Barbara hav ing tea here. I'll admit that I'd followed per basket; casabas, $1.60; quinces, ually we drove them back, pressing them her from New York, expecting to have a $l(ii)1.25 p.>r box; cranberries, $9(u: 10 out of the doorway harder than they had clear field; bat— well, one can't always pressed in. The man opposite me aimed get what one wants, and there's luck in per barrel. a savage blow, I dodged, and, grappling Potatoes— Buying prices: Oregon. this sort of s fight, just as there is in 60(ii 65c per sack ; sw eet potatoes, 2c with him, threw him with all my strength the Street; but it is a good fight, and across the table. From there Duponceau per pound. that’s more than I can say for some of rolled him out against his comrades. All the affaire one sees in town. I'm not Onions— New , $1.25 per sack. this time Monsieur Pierre had fought like sore any longer.” V egetables— Beane, 4(ii4>c; cabbage a demon, but now one man fell against He smiled, and somehow his genuine V o l e ; per pound; cauliflower, 5fic(d) hi* legs, while another struck him a glanc ness brought me to my feet. $1 per dozen; celery, 50(ii76c per ing blow acroe* the shoulders, and before “ It's s square fight all round,” I said. dozen; corn, 16(u20c per dozen; e g g he could gain bis footing be fell from the W * went down-stairs together, and I plant, 76c(a $1 per b ox; garlic, 7(i£8e table back Into the room, striking against per pound; horseradish, 9(<£10c per the eettle. He lay there still. Rodney pointed out th# way jo the farm-house. Then I returned to my den to finish my pound; onions, 12){<jLil6c per dozen; was in his place, and t Jumped beside pipe, and to wonder If Rodney was going parsely, 35c per dozen; peas, 7c per him. to the club for news or only to see Bar pound; peppers, 4(d6c per pound; “ Now I” I cried, and a moment later bara. The brief glimpse * f her that morn pumpkins, 1(01 ) { e ; radishes, 16c per we bad what was left of the enemy safe ing han certainly set up both atbrlll. dozen; squash, l H f l f l ^ c ; tomatoes, ly at bay. The hours slid past without exertion on 60(u 76c. The attacking party gathered together, my part. Duponceau snd I had lunch a C attle— Steers, top quality, $4.25(>i and, with many 111 looks at us, finally little after twelve, and then I returned to 4.40; fa ir to good, $4; common, $3.50 withdrew Charles pulled the man he had the study and stretched myself on the (1(3.75; cows, top, $3.25<<i3.35; fa ir to In the corner up before us, and asked leather couch, with a book before my eyea. good, 3(i! 3.10; common to medium, what should be done with him. I pointed The summer sun, warm and sensation- 2.50(ii 2.75; calves, top, $6(>i 5.25; out to where the others wer* turning up dulling. cam* In through th* window, snd the beach. the salt breese was as heavy on th* eye* heavy, $3.50014; bulls, $2«i2.26; drowsed. the “ It seems almost too good for him,” as poppies. The world stags, $2.50(>i3.50. said Charles. beach and my house were too warm and Hogs -B est, $8; fa ir to good, $7.75 “ Yes,” said it; “ it does.” I bad to hold still and lethargic for action, and my eye (ii7.86; atockers, $ 6 «i7 ; China fata, myself tight in check now as I looked at lids closed despite my best intentions. 1 $7.50()i 8. my broken door and devastated room. a'ept long. deep, and liht a tired child, Sheep—Top wethert, $4<>i.4.25; fa ir “ Get out." 1 cried, "before I begin to talk without drsama. to good, $3.50(<i 3.75; ewes, i 4c less to you, and tell the rest of your gang Thera was a man's step on th* stairs. on all grades; yearlings, besL $4(d • that the next time they batter In a man's I sat op and rubbed my eyes; I stretched 4.25; fa ir to good, $S.50oi3.75; spring boose I hope they get their just deserts. forth my arms snd put my feet to the lamba, $5(>i5.50. A nice band of ruffians they make 1 The floor. Rodney entered snd flopped Into Hope— 1909, W illa m ette valley, 20«i next time you look In this door thers'll the leather armchair, an Ironic smile on hla IIpa. his aye* bright with th* nsws 24c; Eastern Oregon, 20«! 23c; mo be murder done. Get out I” The man got eat, helped over the bar that he brought. hair, 1909, 23«i 24c per pound. “ W ell," h* said, “ I know : Duponceee's Etlenn* !** “ Yes, Etienne, the French Colossus, the man who made fortunes in mouths and lost them In hours, who planned to make the poor of France rich aud made them poorer rhan before, the man who's played hob with the markets of Europe for the last six months.” I could say nothing; I was aghast. ‘T h e most precious scoundrel of the age,” said Rodney, “ but afco potentially the greatest benefactor. It was a toss which way hi* coin would fall, and it fall wrong.” "W ell,” I said, “ I certainly never should have thought i t !” “ Nor I,” assented Isllp; "never, never, never.” "H ow do you know?” I demanded. “ It’s public property. I t ’e all in the l-apera,' he added, pulling a newspaper from his pocket and flinging it over to me. “ He escaped from France on a mer chant vessel, and landed on the New En gland coast, carrying with him papsra and securities of the greatest value. A score of men have been trying to bag him and the papers without unnecessary noise.” “ And we hare been harboring him 1” I added. "W e certainly have, and doing our best to help him evade hla enemies and make off with the remnant of his spoils.” " I can't help it,” I said; "I like him, and I don't believe he's as bad as people make out He's certainly a born leader.” “ So was Napoleon," answered Rodney, "and it wasn't until he failed that people saw the other side of his genius. I fancy Duponceau'* a geuius— he might, perhaps, have been an empire-builder— but his Ideas went farther than hla means, and so whan his bubble bursts the world calls him a villain.” “ I f his intentions were good, where does th* crime lie?” (T o be continued.) ONE ROOM F L A T S . A N o v e lty fr o m th e W e a t I )« n lg n « d to S a v e S p ace. The one room flat is a real estate novelty from the West. This so-called one room flat, by means of specially built furniture, makes Its one room serve for the purposes that usually take several. Several Western cities are provided with these apartment houses, some of them sheltering as many as twenty-eight families. Some of them are called "residence hotels.” and offer tenants the choice of taking their meals In the public dining-room or using the domestic facilities at tached to their own room. Of course, the flat has in reality more than one room. There Is an en trance hall, a bathroom and a nar row apartment adjoining the main room, which serves for the operation of the furniture, which swings on a pivot. The plan of these flats showa one large room, with a kitchenette, a bathroom and this curious room about three feet deep, running parallel with the main liv in g room. One end o f this serves to supply the closet room, while the other provides the spare for the furniture to swing about In. When the one room flat Is serving as a drawing-room there Is a small center table visible, a combination desk and bookcase, and a sideboard which stands In Its place, whether the room Is to be used as a sittin g or dining room. It Is only at slumber tim e that the sideboard turns around, and on the other side of the board partition bark of It there swings Into view a brass bed. Th is is folded up against the board, but It la so arranged that the bedclothes attached to hooks In the head o f the bed are allowed to swing free and are aired all day. The library table, m erely by sw ing ing Its edge around, doubles Its size and Is capable of seating four persona. When bedtime Is at hand the book case, which Btands next the sideboard, also does It turn, and In Its place there appears a dressing table. Of course, the same chairs must serve and they must be selected with appro priateness for the varied uses of the room. The great m erit claimed for these one room flats Is the saving of space, the freedom from the greater caret of housekeeping and the possibility of housing so many fam ilies In one building. O f course the patented fur niture made for them Is the Indis pensable element of the scheme and without It such dw elling places would not be possible. So It Is naturally the company that manufactures the fur niture which Is putting up the hnueos, selling stock In them and otherwise prom oting them as they would any other building project. In not every case Is the house supplied w ith a hotel dining room. In some there are only the small kitchens. Few of the persons who liv e In these one room flats are fortunate enough to possess servants, nor do they feel the need o f them. It Is. o f course, necessary to put up the houses on sites which allow ligh t to every room, as a one room flat eannot depend for Its ligh t and air on other rooms. S t r a n g e O m is s io n . A woman who visited the B ritish museum recently Inquired of an at tendant; "H a v e you no skull o f Crom well? I have been looking all around for a skull o f O liver Cromwell.” "N o. madam," replied the attendanL “W e've never had one.” "H ow very od d !” she exclaimed. "T h e y have a fine one In the museum at O xford !” — Ladles' Home Journal. Aa E y e t o B u s in e s s . A rt Dealer— W h at! You want $506 for that picture? You must be crazy. De Auber— Not necessarily. I’m m erely tryin g to discount the future. A rt Dealer— H ow's that? De Auber— T w o hundred years hence that picture w ill probably sell for $5,000— but I'm w illin g to take 90 per cent off fo r cash. S p rin g C lean in g. “ Dad, I was simply great la relay events.“ boasted the boy from collage. "Good enough, eon. W e'll make use of them talents. Your ma w ill soon be ready to re-lay the carpeta."— Wash ington Herald. H e v e fr s a t la a l. "W hen ws get married. Nora, I U be w illing to lay down my life for yon." “ I ’ll be quite satisfied I f yon ley down a carpet or two, now and then.” A rat weighing over four pound* aud measuring twenty-two and a half lachee from noe* to tall wae recently caught near Canterbury, England,
