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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.
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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.
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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.
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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,