Mosier Bulletin
S N O W COVER S EAST.
Northeast Blizzard Sweeping Lakes and
The P irate o f
M iddle States.
Issued Each tridey
Chicago, Oct. 13.— W hile the Atlantic
M O S IE R ..
OREGON
and Pacific coasts are basking in sun
shine, the M iddle and Middle Western
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Newsy Items Gathered from All
Parts of the World.
states find comfort in furs.
chilly
The first
blasts o f winter have swept a
section from M anitoba to Kansas, and
from W est V irgin ia to Colorado. Moat
of the states within this radius are cov
B ak er
County F a rm e rs D o n ’t N eed
O u tside Capital.
Squatters M ake Filings.
Marshflelfl— About 40 men have filed
homestead claims in townships 24 and
25, range 9. It was unsurveyed land,
the survey o f which tins been accepted,
and those who filed were persons who
had squatted on the land some years
ago. There was little opportunity for
new homesteaders, fo r the reason that
scrip has been placed on all o f the land
b y the Northern Pacific and other large
interests. Those who filed for home
steads claim that they have a squat
to r’s right, and some declare they will
take the cases to court to defend their
state
will
take
tho
lend
in
planning
to
Captain de Gerlach, who commanded
claims.
an A ntarctic expedition in 1907, has be represented in the next three great
Stock Roundup C om plete.
no doubt that both Cook and Peary w o rld ’s expositions, and the first movo
reached the Pole.
L a Grande Stockmen
from
the
toward perfecting nn organization for
ranges o f W a llo w a and Union counties
M ix, the A m erican balloonist who that purpose will be made at a meeting
report the fa ll roun^-up about com
won the international balloon race in o f the state commission of the Alaska
C attle are beginnin g to move
exposition
tomorrow. pleted.
Sw itx -Hand, is about to lose the prise Yukon - Pacific
because some peasants dragged him to Governor H ay will be present and out to Portland, and other coast markets.
line his views. Several weeks ago Rep The first shipment has been made by
the ground for a moment.
resentative Slayden, o f Fierce county, W a rre n Chandler and several other
Director o f Census Dana Durand be a member o f the commission, outlined a large consignments w ill be made by
lieves that college students w ill make a plan to make permanent the W ashing G eorge Chandler.
These shippers are
excellent census enumerators, and he ton slate exhibit at the exposition.
bu yin g in W a llo w a county, and are
purposes to suggest that educational
loading a ’ Enterprise.
They are ship
W o m an ’s Oil Firm Fails.
institutions gives leaves o f absence in
ping to the U n ion stock yards in P ort
Leavenworth, Kan., Oct. 13.— A re land.
A p ril next tosuch students as may
Range conditions have been the
care to join the army o f 66,000 enum eeiver for the Sunflower Oil Refining best in years.
erators.
company, which has a plant at Niotaze,
P a p e r R ailroad Is F o rm ed .
T a ft immensely enjoyed the beauties Kan., will be named by the United
S
alem
— A rticles o f incorporation
o f the Yosem ite valley.
States district judge on petition of
w ere filed today for the A lban y, L e b
Spanish revolutionists predict a rev creditors, it was announced today.
The
Mi s s Hermann Kaessman, formerly o f anon A Rend ra ilw a y company.
olt against K in g A lfonso.
Rochester, N. Y., is president of the incorporators are J. C. M ayer, Ed.
British and Germ an adm irals shook company. The concern, which is known K ellen berger and G eorge R. W hitcom b,
It is
nmong the oil men ns the “ w om an’s and the capital ■ took $16,000.
hands across the banquet table.
company,” has assets o f $560,000, and proposed to build a road from A lbany
Glenn H . Curtiss made three sue-
liabilities estimated at $200,000. ( ’red to Bend by w ay o f Lebanon.
A rticles
essful flights in his airsh ip at St. itors recently threw it into involuntary
w ere filed today by the O reg o n -W ash
Louis.
bankruptcy.
ington R ailw ay and T im ber company,
N e a r-b e e r dealers o f Tennessee w ill
capital stock. $1,000,000.
Incorporat
French Gets North Bank.
have to pay a tax o f $1,150 each
ors are T. H . W a rd , Ralph E. Moody.
Chicago, Oct. 13.— The announcement
yearly.
was made today o f the appointment of
Debate Topic Is Chosen.
D ew ey says the U . S. navy is by no George B. French to be president of
University o f Oregon. Eugene— W ith
means a bluff.
H e advocates more the Spokane. Portland ft Seattle rail
Superintendent A. M. Sanders, of A l
road, which James ,1. Hill has built from
w arships and a ship subsidy.
bany, president, anil Professor E. E.
Spokane to Portland, and which is com Decon. o f the mathematical department
Accum ulated sew er gaa and waste monly known as the North Bank road.
of the University o f Oregon, seeretsrv,
from neighboring ga rage s caused a It is understood Mr. French will take
the Oregon High School Debating league
tremendous explosion in a N e w York up his new duties December I. llis starts on a prosperous year. The league
headquarters will be in Portland, and
•ew er.
now contains practically every four
from there it ia understood he will pur year high school in the state.
N ebrask a Baptists are much wrought .sue a vigorous and aggressive policy in
up because a Mormon convict has been extending mileage and influence
A lb an y — One o f the biggest ship
appointed chaplain o f the state peni
ments o f sheep ever made from the
tentiary
End Chinsss Autocracy.
W illam ette valley was loaded at the
D u rin g the absence o f the Am erican
representatives,
Japan
has
forced
China into a treaty w hereby the open
dor i n M anchuria ia closed to all but
the Japanese, and serious disagree-
ment may follow .
Mukden. Ort. 13.— The despotic go v
ernment of Chin* will terminate tomar
row. A il the legislatures o f the self
governing provinces throughout the em
pire will hold their first meetings pre-
paratorv to the draftin g o f a roust it u
* t ion for the empire.
B ig Enterprise at Oswego W ill Soon Be
Un der W ay.
Portland.— Advices have just reached
B ak er C ity— B ak er county has more
ered with the first snowfall of the win co-operative irrigation projects than
There
ter, and accompanying the white flakes any other county in Oregon.
was a piercing north wind that cut are no large ditch systems, the fa rm
L e ss Im portant but N o t L e s s Inter to the bone.
ers bein g banded together in small
From M anitoba comes the report that
esting H appenings fro m Points
groups, and co-operating in bu ilding o f
the
mercury
has
fallen
to
near
zero;
O utside the State.
that snow covers a large portion of the inexpensive ditchea and in the division
province to the depth of three inches.
o f the w ate r therefrom .
V ery much
The blizzard has raged in Duluth for
the same conditions as to the ease with
two
days.
A
cutting
wind
¡8
driving
in
T a ft received a great welcome at
from Lake Superior, and the constant which w ater ia utilized fo r irrigation
Los Angeles.
flurries of mixed snow and rain have prevail in
E a g le and Pine valleys
Two middlemen among the Chicago covered the streets and sidewalks with
where a superabundance o f w ate r flows
grafters are about to confess.
a thin coating of ice, givin g the city a
ft om the mountain go rges which has
Special Agent Glavis laid a trap for December appearance. In Detroit the in it power enough to run the machin
Ballinger, but his own friends fell temperature hovered between 30 and 40 ery o f a sm all empire.
The L ow er
degrees above zero. A 30 mile wind
into it.
several systems which
prevailed. Points in Ohio, Indiana and Pow d er has
A tropical hurricane almost destroyed Illinois report a drop in temperature have been expensive, built by private
K ey West, Fla., and did great damage to from 40 to 20 above zero. E very farm ers and corporations, and which
in Cuba.
In
where there is snow. A t Omaha, L in irrig ate tracts o f a lfa lfa land.
An
18-year-old
boy
successfully coln nnd Norfolk, Neb., the mercury B urn t R ive r valley are a number of
robbed a Kansas bauk and shot a po stands at 22 above. Des Moines and private ditch companies irrig atin g bot
other places in Iowa are covered with tom and foothlil land, which produce
liceman.
snow, and the northern gale has sent
Senator Flint says lie will quit the the thermometer down to between 30 good results but which are com para
senate and try to acquire a competency and 22 above the zero mark. In K a n tively inexpensive.
The largest
irrigation system in
fo r old age.
sas City, Mo., it stood at 28 aliove.
B a k e r county ia that which covers the
llearst and Claynor liavo opened the Other places in Missouri report the ar
bench lands on the east aide o f Baker
N e w Y ork municipal campaign with rival o f winter. Kansas prairies have
taken on a robe o f white, and the Sun valley, beginnin g about eight miles
violent attacks upon each other.
flower state has put up its storm shut above B ak er C ity and extending in a
The Cudahy P acking company will
ters. Oklahoma nnd the Texas P an northerly direction and term inating at
turn over to the government $'.17,777.50
handle are shivering. A ll o f Wisconsin present about five m iles northeast of
as fines and unpaid stamp taxes.
awoke this morning to sweep paths the city w ith the probability o f it
Mrs. Harrim an will receive about through a six-inch Bnow. The tempera bein g extended later and covering the
$267,000,000 from her husband’s estate, ture throughout the Badger state ranges whole east side o f the valley. This
which will make her the richest woman from 10 to 30 above. A howling north canal has been bu ilt at a large expense,
wind raged all night.
in the world.
h avin g been cut o f solid rock for a con
The gale lashed Lakes Superior nnd
siderable distance along the mountain
United States District Judge A n der
Michigan into a fury. The mad waters
son says the Panam a libel case is a
side.
In a distance o f 28 m iles of
washed the decks of the larger steam
political job, and he doubts thu wisdom
ers, and anxiety was felt for smaller canal there has been used only about
o f thu prosecution.
craft, but asido from a few tug and tow 400 feet o f flume, and the work is o f a
The Japanese cruiser Jdzuma has ar boats dragging their anchor until they much more substantial nature than is
rived at San Francisco with I ’riuce reached the beach, no damage is re ordinarily used in private irrigation
works.
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Shiinad/.u, a member o f the royal fam ported.
Throughout the fruit district o f Colo
ily o f Japan, to attend the Portola fe s
tival.
rado business in the towns is suspended
F A IR T O B E B E T T E R .
to allow the clerks and other employes
Cholera is raging among all classes
to help put. the ¡y ,000,000 apple crop
in Seoul, Korea.
M a k e s Im provem ents
in
out o f fr o s t ’s way. Last night an over G resh am
Buildings fo r C o m in g Display.
Tim Santa Fe has obtained track east sky saved the fruit, and by tomor
privileges in San Francisco.
row the largest part o f the crop will bo
G resn am — Multnomah county’s fa ir
A huge boycott against Japan has safely stored.
promises to be the equal this year o f
been unotlicially started in China.
the tw o preceding ones. A bo u t $2,000
MRS. H A R R I M A N R IC H E S T W O M A N
worth o f the treasury stock has been
Crush to see aviation tests in Paris
sold since the last fa ir, which has cre
caused a riot and wreck on railroad.
W izard L e ft *300,000,000, o f Which
ated an am ple fund fo r m aking im
W illiam Jennings Bryan was greeted
$207,000,000 Goes to Her.
provements. The sum o f $500 is a v a il
by an immense crowd on his arrival in
N ew York, Oct. 12.— Mrs. Mnry n a r able out o f the state appropriation fo r
Portland.
premiums on exh ibits this year, which
Tt is reported that Miss Gladys riman, w idow of the Into E dw ard II.
Bum w ill be increased by the gate re
Kerens, o f St. Louis, w ill wed Prince Harrimnn, is the wealthiest woman in
ceipts and the money from sale o f con
Schoenberg, o f Saxony.
the world. The estate is valued at
cessions.
The Rock Island railroad has been $300,000,000, according to a statement
A large force o f men are at work on
mulcted of about $300,000 by over- by a closo friend nnd business associ the new stock buildings and out-of-
confidence in one o f its b ig shippers.
ate. Out o f this Mrs. H arrim an re doors pavilion.
It is intended to UBe
Enormously rich deposits of silver ceives $267,000,000, a fortune beside the main exh ibit building for no other
and cobalt have been found in Canada,
which the wenlth o f Mrs. H etty Green purpose a fte r this than to house the
after having been overlooked fo r 30
and Mrs. Russell Sago seems small. displays o f agriculture, horticulture
yearB.
W ith the exception o f Rockefeller, and art, together w ith exhibits o f bus
The new bu ilding w ill
The real reason fo r the recall of Rothschild, tho Duke of Westminster iness houses.
Charles R. Crane, minister to China, is nnd perhaps one o f tho Gould fortunes. be used as an auditorium and dance
said to be indiscreet utterances while Mrs. H arrim n n’g wealth is greater than hall and other public functions.
that, of nny other person.
in Chicago,
The r a w stock pens w ill be ample
Tho friend quoted said that M r. Ilar- and commodious and permanent, those
It lias been revealed that two Chicago
rimnn himself said a day or two before
o f last year having been torn down. A
aldermen are heads o f one o f the most
gigantic g ra ft and corruption systems his death that ho would leave $300,- now fence w ill he built around the
,000,000. Ho continued:
ever known.
grounds and suitable booths w ill be
" M r . Harriman called his w ife nnd
W u T ing Fang visited a spiritualist children to him nnd told them o f the erected fo r sm all concessions.
meeting in Washington and appeared vast estate he would leave and ho told
much interested, and intimated that ho them he would leave most of it to his
Bank Issues P aper Money.
might attend again.
w ife. This meant all but $33,000,000
Eugene.— The First National bank of
which he intended to divide among his Eugene will soon put into circulation
H earst has accepted the nomination
children, a few other relatives and old $33,000 worth o f its bank notes in $5
fo r m ayor o f N e w Y o rk .
servants.
denomination. On account o f the in
“ To each o f his five children ho gave flux o f Eastern people here, who have
A trainw reck in K an sas killed 17
$6,000,000
in
lmnds
and
other
securities,
been in the habit of handling paper
laborers and wounded 10 others.
and other gifts to members of his im money, and who prefer it to the gold,
F re ig h t cars are scarce in the East mediate fnmily, servants, old retainers the hank has planned to meet the de
and a serious shortage is predicted be and clerks who hnd stuck faithfully to mand. The exchange requires the sig
fore w inter.
him, aggregated $3,000,000.“
nature of T. G. Hendricks, president,
and P. E. Snodgrass, cashier of the
Prince Ito, president o f the privy
bank, to each note, and the bankers
S torm W a s Disastrous.
council of Japan, w ill make a long
are now busy with the 6600 signatures
K
oy
W
est,
Fla.,
Oct.
13.—
Chaos
tour o f Manchuria.
that they must make before the notes
reigns in K ey W est today. Homeless
P rofessor Fryer, o f C alifo rn ia, says hundreds wander through debris on tho can bo put into circulation.
China is preparing to make w a r on en outskirts o f tho city and tearfully gaze
croaching foreign powers.
upon tho scattered remnants of their
wrecked homes. M artial law provails,
W r ig h t made his first flight in a go v
and the state mllitin is guarding as
ernm ent aeroplane and began the in much o f the town as possible. For
struction o f signal officers.
tunes are buried under tho debris of
Congressm an Landis says the navy fallen factories and atoros.
Before the Orst peep o f day looters
is top-heavy and needs a strong mer
had begun their work of pillage. To
chant m arine to back it up in time o f
night the ja il is filled to overflowing
w ar.
with negroes and Cubans caught in tho
A steam er reports that several thou act o f looting the ruins.
sand natives w ere drowned on the is
H a y W ould Keep Exhibit.
land o f Yucatan by the recent G u lf
hurricane.
Seattle, Wash., Oet. 13.— Washington
W OBK ON CEM ENT PLANT.
C O - O P E R A T I V E IR R IG A T IO N .
A lban y
depot.
Approxim ately
2500
sheep were loaded, and the shipment
filled 24 single deck cars. A special
train will carry the sheep to Port’ snd.
The animals were collected in Linn nnd
Benton counties by W . D. Brown, o f
Corvallis.
Portland from S. B. N ew berry, the emi
neut
cement
export,
that
samples
of
raw material from which the Portland
Cement company will manufacture i
RUPERT SARGENT
HOLLAND
A ^ t& lT
Author of “T h o Count at Harvard,” ate,
Copyright, 1008. br J. B. Lippincott Company.
All rights reserved.
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ment at its plant at Oswego have stood
a tensile strength o f 630 pounds when
only seven days old. A t the age o f 28
days, the same product has tested 780
pounds. A n inch cube briquette, con
sisting o f one-fourth cement and three
fourths sand, tested 280 pounds in
■even days and 392 pounds in four
weeks. These tests are regarded re
markable, from the fact that no cement
in the world, not excepting the foreign
manufactured product, will excel this
record. The same samples also with
stood the ateam boiling test, which is
the most severe test that can be made.
The Portland Cement company, which
consists o f Portland, Salt Lake, Ogden
and Los Angeles capitalists, next month
w ill begin the construction o f its 1500
barrel plant at Oswego. It is expected
that the plant w ill be completed and in.
operation In about fifteen months. Its
cost, completed, w ill be approximately
$ 1 , 000 , 000 .
D re d g e It to B e H ired.
M arshfield— M ayo r S tra w , o f M arsh
field, and some o f the business men are
carry in g out a plan to brin g a dredge
to Cooa Bay to fill in some o f the low
places in the city. The mayor is nego
tiatin g w ith a d red ging company which
ag rees to send a dredge here provided
$25,000 worth o f work is guaranteed.
The governm ent dredge Oregon, which
w as operated here, filled many o f the
low places inthe city but it w as taken
aw a y and there are yet other districts
which the m ayor and others are an x
ious to have filled.
F red E. E w a rt P resident.
O regon A gricu ltu ra l College, C orval
lis
Fred E. E w art,
tor o f
the
1910
o f Portland, edi
ju nior
annual
and
colonel o f cadets fo r the ensuing year,
w a s elected president o f the senior
class.
M iss E m ily Rodgers, o f P ort
land, w as elected vice-president; John
F. K ettels, o f Clackam as, treasu rer;
I vs Peterson, o f B eaverton, secretary;
A lv in E . Finlay, o f Portland, yell
le ad e r; L . B. H ow ey, o f Coquille,
m an ager o f ath letics; R. Cady, o f C o r
vallis, sergeant-at-arm s.
Postal Receipts Gain.
C H A P T E R X IX .
(Continued.)
Rodney thought.
"The poor
French
workingmen, the widows and orphans
who had saved and slaved, gave him ev
erything they had, because he knew ho»
to make money multiply as no one els*
did. He drew them pictures of the greal
factories and store« and hotels he would
build for them with their money, and told
them how by adding their Infinite mite*
together they might produce something gi
gantlc. How about them left without h
sou ?”
“It was their own lookout,” I tried to
argue.
“ Well,” said Rodney, "the right and
wrong of this sort of thing lie deep, but
It may be that a man has no right to
use his own imagination to see for other
people: that he can build air-castles only
for himself.”
“Perhaps," I agreed; “but, ss you say,
If he had sucreeded, he would have been
a hero.”
"That’s all the difference. However, he
didn’t, and so he’s an outcast." Rodney
laughed.
“And to think that I ’ve been
doing my beat to defend the worst scape
grace the market has known in years."
I sat back on my conch and clasped my
hands about my knees.
"W h at must we do now?” I asked al
length.
"Give him u p ; deliver hia precious self
and bis treasure chest to
the
blood
hounds.”
I shook my head. "N o, I can’t do that.
W e ’ve been too clo6e together. They may
take him, but I can t nave a hand in it."
Rodney sat staring out of the window.
"W ell,” said he. " I don’t believe 1 can
either, though as a broker I see my duty-
plain enough. I can’t do it, I simply can-
not do it.”
W e sat silent for some time, each intent
on hie own thoughts.
’’Ought we to tell him that we know?”
Rodney said finally.
" I was wondering. Perhaps we should,
but I don’t believe we can. When you
face him and look into those clear black
eyes and hear that voice I doubt if there'll
be anything to do but keep your mouth
shut.”
"Yet we must do something,” objected
Rodney, “for I must be off for New York
in two hours from now,
to try and
straighten out my losses."
"Suppose we go down and look at him,"
I suggested. "Possibly we can think of
something then.’
W e went down-stairs and looked in the
dining-room, the hallway, and the kitch
en. In the kitchen we found Charles
drowsing. W e could find no trace of Du-
pouceau. I waked Charles and question
ed him.
Corvallis— The postal receipts o f this
city fo r the quarter ending Septem ber
30 Bhows a gain o f 16.2 per cent over
the receipts fo r the corresponding’quar-
ter o f 1908. The gain fo r the quarter
ending Septem ber 30, 1908 over that
o f the year previous w as 23 per cent.
The fa llin g off in the percentage of
gain thia year is attributed to the fact
“ When did yon last see Monsieur Du
that O. A. C. began its w ork a little ponceau ?”
later this fa ll.
T he receipts fo r the
Charles rose and pulled a paper from
his pocket.
quarter ju st ended w ere $3,512.82.
“Only a couple of minutes ago, Mr.
Felix," he said, "he gave me this note for
Income T a x Is Fought.
you and told me not to disturb you, but
S a le m - A rgum ents were heard be
to give it to you when you asked for
fore Judge Burnett in Circuit court in him."
the case of the State vs. the W e lls -
I opened the paper and read It to Rod
F a rg o Express company. The express ney.
company is resisting the payments o f
“My ship has come at last. I am go
the income tax, and the defendant’s de
Ing on board. I can get there alone; no
m urrer w ill be taken under advisem ent one could help me. I f you knew all, per
by the court.
chance you would not wish to help me.
I have done sufficient harm without tak
ing you and the others farther.
Ask
E ugene— A Y o u n g M en ’s Christian mademoiselle to pray for me. Good-by.”
I looked up at Rodney in blank amaze
Association has been organized at the
E ugene high school.
The officers o f ment; and as we stood so, a shot catoe
W e turned and made
the new organization a re :
Francis from the beach.
for the stairs.
Yoran, president; H arold Y oun g, vice-
presiden t; Ernest Scott, secretary;
C H A P T E R XX.
C harles Hard, treasu rer; Ernest A rm
From the balcony we sighted a schoon
strong, editor.
er lying between the beach and the Shift
Y . M. C . A. F o rm s in High S ch oo l.
PO R TLA N D M ARKETS.
ing Shoal. A long-boat was in the water,
and men were hurriedly manning it.
Below us on the beach stood Duponnceau,
a pistol in either hand, fronting a half-
doien of his enemies, who were between
him and the cottage. I would hav? leap
ed to his help, but a glance told me that
the matter was too far gone for that.
Duppnceau fired quickly, steadily, then
wheeled and ran for the dunes. Bullets
chased him, ploughed into the sand be
hind him, whizzed past him, but by some
miracle failed to hit him.
He reached
the nearest sand-wall, and was hidden
from us. A moment later and we saw
him appear, his pistols reloaded,
and
watched him stand again at bay
and
shoot. Then again he fled for ohe next
dune up the beach, and the pursuers, tern
porarily stayed, were after him again.
It was to be a running fight, stand and
deliver, then hide, until the
long-boat
should ground upon Hie beach and the
fugitive spring into it. I looked to the
boat and prayed that It might come quick
ly, but the distance was long, and the sea
ruffled and choppy.
Again Duponceau appeared, and again
the enemy were held at bay, and dropped
and ducked and dodged as his bullets flew
among them.
W h eat— Track prices: Bluestem, 98c;
club, 89c; red Russian, 87% c; valley,
91c; fife, 89c; Turkey red, 89c; fo rty
fold. 92c.
Harley— Feed, $26.50; browing, $27.50
(7728 per ton.
Oats— No. 1 white. $27.50(7728 per ton.
Corn— Whole, $35; cracked, $36 per
ton.
H ay —-Timothy,
W illam ette
valley.
$14(7717 per ton; Eastern Oregon, $18(77
19; alfalfa. $14; clover, $14; cheat, $13
(n l4.50; grain hay, $14(7715.
Butter— City creamery, extras, 36c;
fancy outside creamery, 33(7736c per
pound; store, 22Rj(7?24c. (B u tter pat
prices average IV j C per pound under
regular butter prices.)
E ggs— Oregon, 33(i?34c per dozen;
Eastern, 28(7730c per dozen.
Poultry— Hens, 14(7714V&c; springs,
14o; roosters. 9(7710ef ducks, 15(7716c;
geese, 9(ri 10c; turkeys, 17(771 Sc; squabs,
$1.75(772 per dozen.
P ork — Fancy, 8U>(779c per pound.
V e a l— Extra, 10(7?10Vjc per pound.
Fresh Fruits-—A pples, new. $1.25(77
2.50 per box; pears, $ 1 (771.73 per box;
pearlies, 75c(77$l per crate; cantaloupes,!
$1(771.50 per crate; watermelons, 1c perl
A moment’s stand, and he was hidden
pound; grapes, 75c(77$1.10 per crate, I in the next dune, loading, making ready
1007 15c per basket; casabas. $1.25(771.50 for another dash.
It
was
breathless,
per dozen; quinces, $1(771.25 per box; speechless work. Rodney and I gripped
cranberries. $9 per barrel; huckleber our glasses, shut our teeth, watched and
ries. 9(7710e per pound.
hoped and prayed. Again the enemy were
Potatoes— B uying prices: Oregon. 60 on, after him, gaining fast, and again he
(7765c per sack; sweet potatoes, 2e per shot out from the dunes, and, a lone fig
pound.
ure, fronted and scattered them with his
Sack
Vegetables— Turnips, 75o(7?$1 fire. A man went down with a bullet in
per sack; carrots, $1; beets. $1.25; ruts his leg, and Duponceau had gained an
bagas. $1.25 per sack.
other breastwork.
Onions— New. $1.25 per sack.
Now the boat from the schooner was
Vegetables— Cabbage,
per
coming closer In. I caught an agonise*)
pound; cauliflower, 50e(77$l per dozen;
celery, 50(7775c per dozen; corn, $1(7? glance from Duponceau In its direction,
1.25 per dozen; eggplant. $1.25 per box: then his gyes returned to his foes, and he
garlic, 10c per pound; horseradish. 9(t7 was shooting, ducking, and squirming in
10c pet dozen; peppers, 5(776e pet to the sand-wall. It was a pitiful chase,
pound: pumpkins, KTMVje; radishes, like Chat of a hare hy hounds, but It was
15c per dozen; sprouts, 8(779e per also heroic, for the man made a noble
pound; squash, H 4 < ii1 «ic; tomatoes, 50 quarry, and the hounds were more than
fearful of his fire.
(7? fl(V.
"H e's dow n!" cried Rodney.
True,
Cattle— Steers, top quality. $4.25(77
4.35; fa ir to good. $4: common, $3.50<i? Duponceau had fallen, but on the second
3.75; rows, top, $3.25(773.35; fa ir to he was up and on again, and now he had
good. $3(773.10; common to medium, found the last dune, and he muet stand
the unprotected
$2.50(772.73;
calves.
top,
$."((75.23; there or dash screes
heavv. $3.50(774; bulls. $27(72.25; stags. beach.
$2.50(773.50.
"Come o n !" W e fled down the stairs,
Hogs— Best, $7.25(778; fa ir to good, through the open door, and hard np the
Now sre could see another ele
$7.30(777.75; Stockers, $6 .(7 ; China fats, shore.
$ 7.50(77«.
ment of danger. Fome of the enemy had
Sheep— Top wethers, $4(774.25; fa ir stolen through the pines, and were firing
to good. $3.50(773.75; ewes, ViC less on at Ihipcnceau down the length of his
all grades; yearlings, best. $4(774.25; dune.
fa ir to good. $3.50(773.73; spring lambs,
"lo o k 2* I muttered.
We
stopped,
$5(775.50.
breathleee. panting, wide-eyed.
Dupon
W o ol— 1909 W illam ette valley. 20(7? ceau burst out from the done, whirled
24c; Eastern Oregon, 20<7?23e; mohair, about, fired back at the hidden foe. wheel
1909, 23<7724c.
ed and shot at the men who were fallow
ng him up the beach, and, turning, head
’d straight for the Ship.
"R u n !”
I
murmured, and Rodney
echoed me: "Run, Duponceau, run, and
may Heaven help!”
I have seen men run, but never as Du-
poD ceau rjn that day.
H e seemed to
skim, almost to fly, across that open
space, and behind him came his enemies,
no longer firing, no longer cursing, match
ing their speed against his frantic flight.
The Frenchman neared the rocks, was
on them, was up and clambering over the
Ship’s side. Then came a sharp report,
and I could see Dupponceau quiver and
hang useless— worse than useless, for he
was only half over the vessel’s rail.
“ He's done!’’ I breathed.
But as he hung there Barbara sudden
ly appeared beside him and pulled him
inboard, supported him across the deck,
nnd got him as fat as C
e cabin door be
fore he collapsed on the boards.
Barhara disappeared, and then reap
peared with something in hec. arms.
"Tile chest!” I muttered. "H e couldn’t
forego that!”
I saw Barbara lift and steady Dupon
ceau on his feet, saw him clutch t-he box
with one hand, while he held a revolver
in the other.
He staggered across the
deck.
“Come o n !” I breathed, and we were
off for the Ship.
The long-boat was half way in when a
new shout threatened to sound Dupon-
ceati’s death-knell. Men came out on the
cliff and stood high above him, ready to
fire down upon him. There was a ring
about him now— enemies on the rocks, on
the cliff, and men already
scrambling
through the water to lay their hands on
him.
“Look !” cried Rodney. I saw Barbara
whisper in Duponoeau’s ear, saw
him
straighten up to his full height and fire
at the men above him. One bullet ripped
into the cliff, another shattered an arm.
W e stood now on the rocks, a stone's
throw off.
Duponceau looked seaward
and gave a cry. With terrible effort, he
leaped to the farther rail, raised himself
to plunge— the box still in his arms—
into the sea, and sink or swim to help.
He balanced, crouched, and then— a clear
rpport and he fell, a leg broken, down into
the waves. His stand was over, the fight
done; his enemies had taken him.
A couple of men lifted him from the
water nnd carried him to shore: another
man followed with the chest.
Rodney
and I drew near and looked at him ; he
was conscious, and only his set teeth
showed the agony he suffered.
"It's over,” he said.
“The boat was
late.” Then his eyes lighted on me, and
he tried to smile. “Good-by,” he mut
tered. “Take my good-by to her.”
Carefully the men lifted him and car
ried him into the pines.
“ He will live.” said Rodney briefly, and
I nodded. It was not for Duponceau to
surrender easily, though I wondered if
now he would not prefer it so.
an yw ay; 1 like him for what he triad to
do.”
Then, after a pause: “ You were
always sure something
would
happen
here, weren’t you? So was I. Something
had to happen. Do you suppose he came
of hie own free will, or because we had
wished so bard for an adventure?”
"W ishing hard can accomplish almost
anything, I've been told."
"W h at are you going to do now that
everything is over?" she asked presently.
I shook my head disconsolately.
“ I have barely yet faced the posalbil-
Ity of no more teas on the beach, no more
sunsets from the cliff, no more adventures
on the Ship.
It's not a very pleasant
prospect, Is It?"
“ B u t the beach and the cliff and the
Ship will still be here," she answered.
I followed her gaze seaward.
“A week ago I discovered a curious
thing. For years I had lived here and
found all the beauty I wan ed in watch
ing the changing colors of the waves, and
the golden glow through the woods, and
the dawn pinks of the sand, and yet all
of a sudden I found they had absolutely
vanished, that I couldn't posaibly find
them any more.”
I waited, and finally I caught her low-
whispered, “W hy?”
“ Something had happened. I couldn’t
see them alone; I cotfld see them only
when some one else was there to see
them, too.”
She gave a little sign.
“ I know ; I
can understand just what you mean.”
“The pines show no more armies, and
the Ship gives up no more adventures,
unless there is some one else here to see
and live them with me.”
"A n d,” she snid slowly, thoughtfully,
“ if there were some one else, would all
these wonders still come?”
"Surely, for we would be living them
all the time we were together.”
" P o e t !” she said. "Dreamer I”
I waited, fearful and hopeful In one.
“ And yet I dream, too,” she said at
la st; “and I think that you have shown
me more wonderful things than any one
else could.’’
“Then do you still think,” I asked,
“ that some other man will come who can
show you more?”
She would not answer my question.
"The man we imagined came out of the
sea and is gone. I feel as if I'd lived
years In a fortnight. Dear old Ship, how
I hate to leave h e r!”
“ W hy must you?
Why not sail on
and on in her forever? Why not set sail
In her for the Fortunate Isles? Barbara,
will you?”
She turned and looked into my eyes,
and I read her answer.
So, with Barbara sitting against tbs
mast, our Ship set sail.
[ the
e n d .]
S E A T T L E A P P R E C IA T E D .
I o w a n Y ie ld s to Its ( ’h a rm s , B a t D a »
d i n e s Its P e c u n ia r y O ffers.
I wish all of the Ames people could
have been here last evening to have
seen the scenery, says a w riter In the
Ames, Iowa, Times.
I sat up on the
rear am bulatory w hile the tired day
sank Into the arm s of restful night,
when heaven seemed to ebb and then
suddenly burst forth with the stars
indescribably b right— it seemed like a
canopy love had spread over a sleep
Ing world. N igh t is here and darkness
seems about to surround us aB I re
member that w e are high above the
great city of Seattle and I look upon
It to see a m illion lights, representing
every color of the rainbow , and here
I sit, apparently suspended between
the mechanical lights of earth and the
tw inkling, winking, blinking stars of
heaven— each seems to outdo the other
in beauty, splendor and glory — and
then I turn my optics toward Puget
Sound and then again I am caused to
exclaim :
“Oh, Jerusalem ," fo r she In
all her glory could not present such a
pleasing sight.
There were perhaps
thirty-five boats steaming In all direc
tions, all lighted up with varl-colored
lights, and here the great N e w York
of the west seemed to be not content
with progress on earth, but w as trying
to get through the pearly gates on
water.
A t 12 I laid me down to sleep and
slept till the Bun (w h ich seemed to
have been In hiding just over on tha
other side of the Cascade R a n g e ) was
Just casting its beautiful rays across
the green carpeted earth, conveying
light to a happy race of slaves and
kissing the crystal dew drops from the
m eadow ’s grassy fruit, Just In time to
hear the sweet songs of the bluebirds
and the chirp of the robins and the
sassy chatter of the blue Jays as they
flit through the Interlacing boughs of
those fine, stalw art pines In yonder
grove, and the cow hells as they clang
and clatter on the hillside over there
— only to be disturbed by the rum ble
of the heavy trucks as they roll to
and fro loaded w ith every conceivable
kind of m erchandise for the building
of a greater Seattle by the erection it
the thousands of new homes.
Mrs. O 'B rien as w ell as m yself Is en
joyin g the
very
best of health. I
w alked to reduce my flesh and have
succeeded well, coming down from 212
on Feb. 16 to 182 to-day. but I am
h avin g all the fun any man can have,
w alking, bathing,
fishing,
boating,
autolng. etc.
I have been offered a position In a
plaster mill, also a half Interest In a
real estate firm, and again a per cent
Interest in another real estate con
cern. In which George Ashford, son of
ex-Sherlf? A shford of Story County, la
Interested.
A lso a position with a
large hardw are concern that employe
forty-two clerka. but I don’t think I
w ill take It, as I came west to see the
eights.
C H A P T E R X X I.
The long-boat returned to the schoon
er, and in a quarter-hour the latter had
vanished as silently as she had come.
Rodney and I went on board the Ship,
and found Barbiy-a sitting against the
broken mast, her eyes deep with unshed
tears of pity. W e sat there and talked of
Duponceau’s flight and capture.
“ If It
hadn't been for the chest, he would have
escaped," said Barbara. "H is face light
ed when he had it in his arms again.”
It was some little time after this when
Rodney stood up.
“ I ’m going to the club. I have to pack
and catch the next train to New York.
May I take you home, Barbara?"
The girl’s eyes looked over at the beach
regretfully, then roamed over the Ship,
standing there all desolate, lapsing again
into that silence from which it had just
been awakened. I saw a certain wistful
ness steal into her eye».
“ No, Rodney; I don’t think I'll go
home just yet. I'm not in the humor to
meet aunt and the people at the club.
I ’d like to sit here and think a while.”
“ Well,” 9 S>d Rodney, “good-by.”
lie
shook hands with her. "Good-by, Felix.
If yon ever find this place too lonely for
you, come and see me in New
York.
Things do happen there sometimes, though
not such things as here in Alastair.”
W e shook hands, and I
caught
a
glimpse of some passing regret beneath
the smile on the surface of his eyes.
As I had watched Duponceau, I watch
ed Rodney disappear Into the pines. The
cheerful man in tweeds, like the mysteri
ous man of the sea, had said farewell to
the beach, but each had left a trace of
himself there which I should never for
get.
I turned back to Barbara.
“It’s all over,” she said. “They’ve ail
come and gone, and it might have been
a dream.”
"Here's the Ship," I answered, "riding
at anchor. Just as she did before.”
“That makes It seem more
like
a
dream," »he said ; “that after all that has
happened, the Ship is Just the same as
on the first day I found her, and the
beach”— she turned to face it— “is just as
sunny and as desolate.’*
"Yet the pirate came,” 1 answered, “a
real pirate, a lineal descendant of Cap
tain Kidd, and he brought treasure and
hid it and dug It up again, and fought
like the thorough-going gentleman adven
turer he was.
Monsieur Pierre Dupon
H a a t f C o rrectio n .
ceau was no ordinary man."
H o ja x — I hear you are engaged old
“Tell me what you know abont him,"
A llow me to congratulate you.
■he commanded, and aettlad down, lean man.
Tom dlx— You didn't hear It quit*
ing against the mast.
“He was an uncommon man,” I began,
right, my boy. I ’m married.
"but whether an uncommon man becomes
H o ja x — Oh, I beg pardon. You have
a hero or a scapegrace depends upon the my eympathy.
lack of time. Ihiponceau had Ideas that
H a r r i e d I t Up.
were far about the heads of most men.
"D id n 't you propose to her sooner
Ideas that some one at ■ later day might
use to great ends, or which he himself than you expected?"
might have used so had he been given
"Y e s ; but you see, old man, I didn’t
time. He planned, gathered his cargoes, w ant to exhaust all my topics of con
launched bla ships in search of the Gold versation before we were m arried.”—
en Fleece, and was on his way to win
Life.
ning tt when a quartering gala drova his
craft upon the rocks. Had the wind veer
J o stle«.
ed by a needle-point, he might have won.
“My w ife and I alw ays settle our
He wa* planning to make the poor of
little disputes by arbitration.”
France well-to-do: Instead hs made them
"A n d who la the arbitrator.?"
mnch poorer t -an they w ere; and yet
"M y wife, of course ’— N ew
York
those same plana pushed on may succeed
when It's too late for the poor investors Tim e*.
or for him.
Tliat's about the way It
A l l Cats H a v e .
stands.”
The D og— Tell me the story of jtm
r
Barhara was silent, her eyes watching
life.
the distant glitter of the sea.
T h e Maltese C at— W hich
one? I
"There's so much lack in things, isn't
there?'* the sakl finallx.
“I like hia. h a re got nine, you know.