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EVENTS OF THE DAY
GREAT PAIN TIN G
RECOVERED.
Stolen by Young German Artist and
Found in His Studio.
HAPPENINGS FROM AROUND OREGON
San Francisco, March 16.— Declar­
ing that he took the picture merely to
make a copy o f it, William Kunze, a
T O U R IS T MECCA; PELICAN BAY PRED ICTS W ATER RIGHT FIGHT
young German artist, recently from
Portland, Or., was arrested this after­
noon in possession o f the $10,000 Mil­ Southern Pacific Said to be Planning Engineer Says Laws o f Nation and
State are Radically Different.
Development o f Harriman Resort
let painting “ The Shepherd and His
Flock,” which was stolen last Sunday
That a water right war between
Klamath Falls— Pelican Bay is not
C H A P T E R V.
from the Golden Gate Park Museum.
to be lost to the tourist o f the Pacific Western states will be the outgrowth
"Can you prove to me," said A lta-
Kunze was arrested in his studio af­ coast, and Klamath county is not to o f present jumbled authority, is the
aiont, "that an Englishman haa set
ter a search o f the city which has been be denied the pleasure o f seeing car­ opinion o f John H. Lewis, state engi­ foot here before an American T"
For a few minutes there was an
L m i Important but Not Lnsa Intar* prosecuted with the utmost vigor ever ried to completion the plans o f develop­ neer. Laws of nation and state relat­
since the valuable painting was cut ment o f this resort that the late E. H. ing to use or conservation o f water are awkward silence, which the doctor
•sting Happening* from Pointa
from its frame by an unknown thief Harriman had in mind when he pur­ widely diverse in operation and intent, broke by saying:
Outside th* State.
last Sunday.
"M y friends, the highest human law
and only a constitutional amendment
chased the property.
Detective Sergeant Edward Wren
According to information, it is the can avert serious difficulties, he says. Is Justice. It Includes all oth er* Let
refused to divulge the clew which led intention o f the Southern Pacific to Speaking before the Oregon State us be Just, then, and don't let any bad
feeling get In am ong ua The prlorlt.’i
It i* said Bryan will not again be a to the arrest. Immediately after book­ make Pelican Bay and Odessa the Academy o f Science, he said:
ing the prisoner on a charge o f grand greatest resorts on the Pacific coast.
leader o f Democratic party.
“ We are at the dawn o f a great na­ of Altamont seems to me Indisputable.
larceny he left the city prison accom­ Heretofore it has been supposed that tional movement for the improvement W e will take our revenge by and by.
President Taft in a special message
panied by several detectives and it is when Crater Lake was opened to the o f our waterways, and Tor the use of and England will get her full share In
urges protection for Alaskan sealing
believed that they went in search o f | people o f the world, magnificent hotels our streams for irrigation, power and our future discoveries. Let the name
New America stand for the continent
industry.
possible accomplices.
would be erected in close proximity to domestic purposes. Already it is ap­ Itself, but I suppose Altamont has not
Efforts to have Peary rewarded by
To the questions o f Sergeant Wren that scenic wonder, but this may not parent that the available water supply
yet disposed of all the bays, and capes,
congress were voted down by a large the arrested man answered that he was be done, at least not at the present is inadequate to the demands of the and headlands It contains, and I Im ag­
majority.
led to take the picture by his love of time. The Southern Pacific recognizes immediate future and it is the desire ine there will be nothing to prevent ua
Standard Oil is scored by a govern­ the beautiful and a desire to make a that lying between Pelican Bay and of all that these conflicting uses be ad­ calling this bay Victoria bay?"
‘Nothing whatever, provided that
Odessa and Crater Lake is a section justed in conformity with some care­
ment attorney as a menace to the busi­ copy of it.
The painting which was lent to the unsurpassed for natural beauty; that it fully devised plan so that the greatest yonder cape Is called Cape W a sh in g ­
ness world.
museum by Miss Sarah Spooner, of is a section that would be particularly good will result to the greatest num­ ton." replied A ltam ont
San Diego has raised over a million this city, was the work o f Jean Fran­
**You might choose a name, sir," ex
attractive to the tourist, and that the ber.
dollars for her proposed Panama ex­ cois Millet in 1832. It was found in best way to open it up would be to
“ The fundamental point in the form­ claimed Hatteras, almost beside him
position fund.
the room used as a studio by Kunze make Pelican Bay the starting point.
ulation o f such a plan and one concern­ self with passion, "that Is less offen­
sive to an Engllsbm an."
The plans under consideration pro­ ing which there is a great diversity of
Rooaevelt takes ride on camel's and it is now in the custody o f the
"But not one which sounds so sweet
property
clerk
o
f
the
police
depart­
back to see scene of great historic bat­
vide for the erection o f a magnificent opinion, is the right o f the state or to an American," retorted A ltam ont
ment.
tle, accompanied by Soudanese cavalry.
tourist hotel close to the site occupied nation to legislate as to interstate proudly.
The theft occurred in the morning
A system o f waters. A t the present time there is
“Come, come," said the doctor again,
A ll efforts to arbitrate the Philadel­ shortly after the museum was thrown by the lodge building.
highways are to be constructed be­ no legislation, either state or national, no discussion on that subject An
phia street car strike have failed, and open to visitors.
While the curator
unions throughout the state are pre­ was absent for a short time the canvas tween that point and Crater Lake that bearing upon this subject and but few American haa a perfect right to be
proud of his great countryman!
Let
will make accessible to the tourist all court decisions.
paring to join the strike.
was cut from the frame and carried o f the points o f interest.
“ The control o f waters within a us honor genius wherever It Is met
A woman at Tonopah, admitting away from the building*
Already the Southern Pacific com­ state is at present divided between the with; and since Altamont has made his
that she was "o ld and homely," was
pany had commenced the preparation state and the United States govern­ choice; let us take our turn next; let
about to marry a Jap, but the pair
o f descriptive literature o f this section ment. This divided responsibility and the captain------ "
•Doctor!" Interrupted
Hatteras, “I
were forced to leave town.
o f the country, and it is Btated by the complicated nature o f the problem
have no wish that my name should fig­
is
doubtless
the
the
cause
o
f
inaction
those
who
have
seen
some
o
f
it
that
it
Under a decision o f the Supreme
ure anywhere on this continent seeing
In Oregon, that It belongs to America."
will be the finest ever issued by the by many o f the states.
court the forest service will no longer
company.
where
a
complete
system
o
f
state
con­
be permitted to institute criminal pro­
"Is this your unalterable détermina­
Chicago, March 16.— Danger o f an
trol has been provided, we may be tion?" asked Clawbonny.
ceedings against persons who violate immediate strike o f 27,000 locomotive
confronted with this uncertainty. Sup­
“It la *
ita regulations governing forest re­ firemen, the throwing out o f employ­
Eugene Claims Best Schools.
pose the non-navigable tributaries of
"V ery well, we’ll have It to ourselves
serves.
Eugene— Lane county maintains a
ment o f more than 126,000 other em­
the Willamette river be diverted for then," he continued, turning to John­
high
degree
of
efficiency
in
its
school
ployes
and
the
temporary
suspension
of
The wedding o f Theodore Roosevelt,
irrigation under state sanction to the son and Bell. “W e ’ll leave our traces
business on practically every railroad system. As a result o f prudent fore­ detriment o f navigation.
Jr., has been set for June 16.
Upon com­ behind ua I propose that the tsland
sight,
provision
is
made
by
the
Eugene
between Chicago and the Pacific coast,
plaint the United States authorities we see out there, about three miles
Roosevelt arrives in Khartoum, in
was averted today through the accept­ school board for the steadily increas­ could probably enjoin this use, to the away from the shore, should be called
best o f spirits and looking the picture
Many families
ance o f offers for mediation from the ing number of pupils.
great damage o f those interested in Isle Johnson, In honor of our boat­
o f health.
are coming to Eugene and as yet no
swain.
Federal authorities.
irrigation development.
Ezra Meeker has begun hiB third trip
‘Oh, Mr. Clawbonny," began John­
A t the request of the general mana­ complaint has been recorded as to over­
“ This division o f authority between
son, In no little confusion.
across the continent by ox team from gers of the 47 railroads involved. crowded school facilities In the year
state and nation is further illustrated
'And.that mountain that we will call
The Dalles.
Chairman Knapp, o f the interstate ending June 30 last the schools of by the annual tax imposed upon water
Bell Mount, If our carpenter Is w ill­
Lane county expended $176,368. The
commerce
commission,
and
Commis­
The big plant o f the Union Meat
power within national forests by both ing."
estimated expenditures for the current
company on the peninsula at Portland sioner of Labor Neil! telegraphed an
the state and the United States.”
"It Is doing me too much honor."
year are $197,000. This is the only dis­
offer
o
f
mediation
to
the
union
officials.
begi is operations.
replied Bell.
This offer was accepted, W. C. S. trict in the state where high school
"It Is simple Justice," returned the
For More Water in Willamette.
Banker Walsh, now serving time in Carter, president o f the Brotherhood of courses are provided for rural pupils,
Washington — Senator Jonathan doctor.
the penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kan­ Enginemen and Firemen, stipulating, placing them on the same basis as city
'Nothing could be better,” said A l­
sas, is suffering from heart disease.
however, that action must begin at students. The first one, oragnized a Bourne has procured from the senate tamont
comimttee
an
amendment
to
the
rivers
year
and
a
hulf
ago,
offers
four
years
A strike has been declared byl fire­ once.
"N ow , then, all we have to do Is to
and harbors bill providing a survey for
The appeal to Washington was taken o f standard high school work.
christen our fort," (a id the doctor.
men on all roads West o f Chicago,
the
Willamette
river
between
Portland
"About that there will be no discussion,
affecting 26,000 firemen and 126,000 as an eleventh-hour move to prevent a
and Oregon City looking towards an
Establish Nursery Near Stanfield.
walkout, which, it was declared,
I hope, for It Is neither to our gracious
other employes. J
threatened the greatest railroad strike
Stanfield— A plat o f ground has been eight foot channel to do away with the ■overelgn Queen Victoria, nor to W a s h ­
Louis W. H ill, the "railroad prince since that of 1894. Thirty-seven mem­ purchased near town and about 200,000 rapids at the mouth o f the Clackamas ington, that we owe our safety and
o f the W est," has purhased an orange bers o f the Western Federated Board apple trees and 60,000 peach trees are which intervene and on which there is shelter here, but to God. who brought
grove at Redlands, Cal.
He makes o f the brotherhood last midnight form­ being set. This planting is made up only three feet of water during the low about our meeting, and by so doing
light o f Pinchot’s policies.
ally voted for a strike. The hour for of what are known as "June budded” water stage. The senator has also pro­ saved us all. Let our little fort be
cured an amendment for a survey and called Fort Providence."
Bellboys at the St. Francis hotel in striking had been set for next Monday stock, which will make prime trees for
estimates on the cost of improvement
'Tour remarks are Just," said A lta­
San Francisco, where Carnegie stop­ morning, and the members were pre­ planting next year. The planting o f
mont; "no name could be more suita­
of Tillamook bay and bar.
pared
to
start
for
their
homes
and
put
orchards
on
the
Furnish-Coe
project,
ped, are mourning the fact that he
ble.
the strike into effect when the media­ near Stanfield, is in full
swing.
failed to distribute any tips.
Orchard Sells for S30,000.
In our future excursions, then, we
tion steps were taken.
Among the heaviest planters are Page
A matador at Juarez, Mexico, was
Central Point— E. M. Andrews and shall go by Cape Washington to V ic ­
& Son and Dr. Watts, both of Port­
toria bay, and from thence to find food
trampled and severely wounded by the
PAULHAN OFF IN HUFF.
land, each setting out a full quarter Conro Fiero have bought the Hoagland and rest at Doctor's H ouse!"
infuriated bull. He was brought to
section, the former using peaches and place o f J. P. Knudson for $30,000.
'The business Is settled, then, so
the American side for treatment.
Injunction Obtained Prohibiting Tak­ pears and the latter apples. Some 40 The place sold about a year ago for far,” resumed the doctor. "A s our dis­
$17,000.
The
place
contains
79
acres,
A woman who kept a small store in
or
60
smaller
orchards,
ranging
from
ing Away His Four Machines.
coveries multiply we shall have other
Armourdale, Kansas City, and carried
five to 15 acres, are being planted by part of which is in brush and about 30 names to give; but I trust, friends, we
New
York,
March
16.—
"
I
am
ready
acres
in
orchard,
one
half
o
f
which
is
her money in her pocket to prevent
shall have no disputes about them, for
owners.
just coming into bearing.
The orch­ placed as we are, we need all the help
the banks from getting away with it, and glad to leave this country,” de­
clared
Louis
Paulhan,
the
aviator,
to­
ard
is
one
o
f
the
most
promising
in
and love we can give each other. Let
Complaint Against Valley Rates.
was murdered and robbed by a negro.
day, in reiterating his declaration that
Salem Complaint has been made to the valley. Mr. Fiero has also bought us be strong by being united. W h o
William J. Calhoun, the new minis­ he had made his last flight in America
the old Alford place at Talent, con­ knows what dangers yet we may have
ter to China, has arrived at San Fran­ and would return to France by the the railroad commission by the Canyon sisting o f 160 acres, for $25,000.
to brave, and what sufferings to endure
City Commercial company that the
cisco, with his wife.
They did not first steamer.
before we see our native land once
rates charged by the Sumpter Valley
have a servant o f any kind with them,
more. Let us be one In heart, though
Paulhan packed up his machines and
Plat Suburban Tracts.
railroad
on
barbed
wire
and
steel
nails
saying they would be able to get plen­ prepared to leave, despite every effort
Wallowa— A. G. Wigglesworth and five In number, and let us lay aside
are
excessive.
It
is
set
forth
by
the
all feelings of rivalry. Such feelings
ty o f native help in Chinn.
which his manager, Edwin Cleary,
Commercial company that the Sumpter W. H. Vertner have bought 40 acres are bad enough at all times, but among
A Chinese tong war murderer has made to induce him to stay and com­ Valley charges 37 cents a hundred lying east o f town and will plat it as us they would be doubly wrong. You
been sentenced for life in San Francis plete his contract.
pounds for transporting barbed wire suburban tracts. A strip near the cor- understand me, Altamont, and you,
Cleary obtained an injuction today
on.
and nails from Raker City to Austin, a |>orate limits will be sold as town lots. Hatteras T~
prohibiting Paulhan from taking with
Neither man made reply.
A strike is being considered by 30,- him any o f the four aeroplanes he distance o f 62 miles, while the rate
Farm Brings $250 Per Acre.
A new project now struck the doc­
000 railroad firemen on 47 Western bought in this country. There are two from Portland to Baker City, over the
Central
Point—
D.
D.
Sage,
o
f
Table
O. R. & N., 357 miles, is but 80 cents
tor's mind th* next day. He said:
linen.
Blériot and two Farman machines.
Rock,
has
sold
his
place
containing
80
"I am going to build a lighthouse on
a hundred.
J. P. Morgan laughs at reports that With his craft tied up and Clarey
acres, to J. II. Lydard, o f Medford, for th* top of that cone about our h e ad s"
threatening
a
damage
suit
for
$160,-
he is dead, and says he is alive and
$20,000. The place is one o f the best
" A lighthouse!" all exclaimed.
Alfalfa Land $360 Per Acre.
000, friends tried to pursuade the
garden anil berry tracts in the valley.
glad o f it.
"Tes. It would be a beacon to guide
Central
Point—
H.
T.
Hull
has
sold
Frenchman to reconsider his decision,
us In distant excursions, and also Illu­
The American legation at Rogota is
his
farm
one
mile
west
o
f
town
to
Mr.
but he was obdurate and is determined
mine our plateau In the long winter
PO R TLA N D M ARKETS.
being closely guarded and anti-Ameri­
Heron, a recent arrival from Iowa, for
months."
to sail.
can feeling is high.
$17,600. The tract contains 49 acres
"V ery true," replied Altamont, "but
Wheat —- Track prices — Bluestem,
and
is
nearly
all
first
class
alfalfa
land.
A rich heiress o f Lakewood, N. J.,
$1,100/1.11; club, $1.030/$1.04; red how would you make It?"
Law
Requires
Strenuous
Journey.
Mr.
Hull
recently
sold
30
acres
o
f
the
suffering
from
nervous
trouble,
W ith one of the lanterns out of the
Russian, $1.01; valley $1.04; 40-fold,
The Orlopp $1.06.
Cleveland, Or,. March 16. Joseph same tract for $9,000.
Porpoise."
drowned herself in a near-by lake.
"A ll right; but how will you feed
Liberals in the English parliament Burns, who recently raced from the in­ place, formerly the Van V leit farm,
Barley- Feed and brewing, $28.50
your lamp? W ith seal oil?"
have again taken the aggressive, and terior of Alaska to Cleveland in a fu­ was also sold a few days ago for $17,- 0/29 per ton.
"N o, seal oil would scarcely bo visi­
will force the Tories to grant another tile effort to reach his baby before she 500. This is one o f the finest fruit
Com - Whole, $35; cracked, $36 ton.
ble through th* fog."
died, was today summoned by the Fed­ farms in the valley and has produced
election or resign.
Oats- No. 1 white, $310/31.50 ton.
A re you going to try to make gas
eral government to return to the anow- much prizewinning stuff.
Hay— Track prices— Timothy: W il­ out of our coal, then?"
Seven men escaped from the Pendlc- laiund territory as a witess in a stab­
lamette
valley,
$20o/21
per
ton;
East­
tonl jail by saving off the bars to a bing affray, in which he was injured. Freewater Seeks to Sell Water Bonds
No. gas
would not be strong
ern Oregon, $22o/23; alfalfa, $170/18; enough; and. worse still. It would
back window while the sheriff was In a wooden hut in the wilderness
Freewater- The city council at ita California alfalfa, $160/17; clover, waste our com bustibles"
busy with a rush o f taxpayers.
near Fairbanks, Alaska, a grand jury last meeting instructed Recorder G. P. $15o/16; grain hay, $16o£18.
"W ell," replied Altamont, "I'm at a
L ife savers at Marshfield, Or., are has been summoned and it will take Sanderson to call for bids for bonds for
Fresh Fruits Apples, $1,250/3 box; loss to see how you------ "
undergoing strict investigation by rev­ Mr. Burns 40 days o f strenuous travel the construction o f the new water
pears, $1,500/ 1.75 per box; cranber­
I'm prepared for everything after
enue officers on charges o f misconduct and cost the govermennt $1,040 before works system. The bonds are for $16,-
the mercury bullet, and th* Ice lens
ries, $80/9 per barrel.
during the wreck o f the steamer Czar­ he can give his evidence,.
000 and will run for a term o f 16
Potatoes Carload buying prices— and Fort P rovides)** I believe Mr.
ina.
years, bearing interest at 6 per cent. Oregon, 500/60c per hundred; sweet Clawbonny can do anything." exclaim ­
Robbers attempted to blow open the
Russia Sorry for Action.
ed Johnson.
The surveys have been made and the potatoes, 8c ponuil.
"Corns Clawbonny, tell us what »o u r
safe o f the Valley Ford bank in Bloom­
St. Petersburg, March 16. During contract for the pumping plant and res­
Onions — Oregon, $1,500/1.75 per
light Is to b a then." said Altamont.
field, Cal., but the noise o f the explo­ debate in the Douma upon the appro­ ervoir will lie let as soon as the bonds hundred.
"V ery well." replied Clawbonny. "I
sion drew a crowd ami the thieves es­ priations for the foreign office. Profes­ are sold.
Vegetables Turnips, nominal; ruta­ mean to have an electric light."
caped without obtaining anything.
sor Milukotf sharply
criticised the
bagas, $10/1.25; carrots, $1; beets,
"A n electric light?"
Freewater Roads Inspected.
Pinchot’s admission o f high-handed Far Eastern policy o f Foreign Minister
$1.25; parsnips, $1.
•Tes. why not? Haven't you a g a l­
Freewater County Judge Gilliland,
Taking as a text Russia’s
policies astound the investigating com­ Iswolsky.
Butter City creamery extras, 39c; vanic battery on board your ship?"
Walker and fancy outside
mittee. Witnesses admit that engin­ rejection o f Secretary Knox's proposal Commissioner Horace
creamery, 350/39c;
"T es"
eers o f reclamation service op|iose Bal­ for the neutralization of the Manchur­ County Superintendent D. F. Lavender store, 200/ 23c per pound.
Rutter fat
"W ell, there will bo no difficulty,
linger because o f failure to gain pro­ ian railways, he declared that the situ­ were in the city recently and drove out [ prices average 1 l-2c per pound under then. In producing an electrlo light,
ation in Manchuria was far more seri­ on an inspection tour o f the roads in | regular butter prices.
and that will cost nothing, and be far
motion.
A
ous than that in the Balkans. The this section o f Umatilla county.
Egg* Fresh Oregon ranch, 22oz 23c blighter."
M. Loraine, a French aviator, fell minister, he said, had made a danger­ contract has been let for the building
F in s " said Johnson; "let us set to
per dozen.
SO feet in a Blériot machine and was ous mistake in making common cause o f a new steel bridge across the Walla
work at o n es"
Pork Fancy, $130/ 14c pound.
badly injured.
Walla river at the McCoy settlement.
All went to work and soon erected
with Japan.
Veal Fancy, 120/ 13c pound.
A Colorado woman stopped a runa­
Poultry Hens, 19c; broilers, 250/ a ten-foot Ice column. The lantern
way horse which she had been driving
Cable Fouled on Wreck?
Hotel at Klamath Falls.
27c; ducks, 20c; geese, 120/13c; tur­ was put on top. The conducting wires
were properly adjusted within It and
and then died from the shock.
Victoria, B. C., March 16. A report
Klamath Falls — Mayor Sanderson keys, live, 22o/25c; dressed, 25o/29c;
as soon as It grew dark the experiment
A t a meeting o f representatives of has been made to the Marine depart­ has sold to Mrs. Livermore and sons a squab*. $8 per dozen.
was m ads It was a complete success
practically all o f the shingle mills of ment by Captain Heater, o f the whal­ half block on Pine street for $10,000.
Cattle - Best steers, $5,750/6.25; An Intense, brilliant light streamed
the redwood belt o f California, at Eu­ ing steamer Orion, that the steamer A hotel to cost $75,000 will be built on fair to good steers, $5o/5.50; strictly from the lantern and Illumined th* en­
reka, it was derided to organise a sel­ fouled her cable when taking a whale the property.
The buikling will he good cows, $5o/ 5.25; fair to good cows, tire plateau and th* plains beneath.
ling association which will work for six miles south o f Uelulet on what three storiei. and basement, and will $40/4.75; light califs, $5.50o/6; h*»nvy
Johnson could not help clapping his
the expansion o f the redwood shingle some assert to lie a submerged rock. contain 66 room*. The equipment ami calves, $40/5;
bulls,
$3.600/4.25; hands, half beside himself with delight
A regular course of Ilf* commenced
Captain Heater is o f the opinion it furnishings are to he modern in all stags, $3o/4.50.
market on the Pacific Coast.
may prove to lx- the Rritish sloop of respects.
Hogs -— Top, $llo/11.10; fair to new. and the Saturday after th* Instal­
lation a hunting excursion was o rg an ­
good, $9.50o/10.
Six persons were injured, two ser­ war Condor, which foundered in De­
Land Values Increase.
Sheep Rost wethers, $6o/.6.50; fair ised.
iously, by a collision between a freight cember, 1901, with 104 officers and
Lakeview Three year* ago last fall to good wethers. $5.50oz5.75; good ( As they tramped along over th* Ice
and passenger train on a Seattle subur­ men.
th* doctor talked about th* Mbits of
a
quarter
section o f land was offered ewes, $6; lamhs, $7.75.
ban road.
th* Eskimos
Guatemala to Borrow $40,000,000 for »ale at $3.50 per acre. This piece
Hop*- 1909 crop, 16o/20c per pound;
"M y good B elt your voracity would
of
land
was
on
the
"W
e
s
t
side,”
about
New
York.
March
16.
Guatemala
okls.
nominal;
1910
contracts,
16c
The mayor o f Trenton, New Jersey,
never equal th* O reenlanders* for they
12
mile»
from
Lakeview.
A
recent
has
closed
a
deal
for
a
$40,000,000
nominal.
orders the street car company to run cars
devour from U n to fifteen pound* of
Wool Eastern Oregon, 160/2Oc; per meat a day."
even if it has to give in to its striking ioan, but F. Sanches la Tour, national offer o f $25 per acre was refused.
treasurer of Guatemala, who made
pound; valley,
22o/24c;
mohair,
"Fifteen pounds I* said Bell. "W h a t
•mployes.
Buys at Hood River.
stom achs!"
choice, 25c.
this announcement, refused to make
"Arctic stom achs” replld the doctor,
Hood River— Edwin Pilson o f Wash-
Cascara bark 4(>f5c per pound.
Th» Northwest Corporation, owning public today the names o f those had
It is generally intgon D. C., has bought 20 acres of
Hide* Dry hides, 17(iz 18c pound; "are prodigious/ they can expand at
th* gaa, electrie and water plants o f | negotiated the loan.
Mr. dry kip, 17»/18c; dry calfskin,18»i20c; will, and I may add. contract at will;
Oregon and Washington towns, ha* { t/elieved here that the loan was ar- William Stewart for $12,600.
been taken over by an Kaatem syndi- ranged by promit ent New York bank- Pilson will remove hi* family front the salted hides, % i 10c; salted calfskin, ee that they can endure starvation
quite as well as abundenes W hen an
14c; green, lc lea«.
East shortly.
eat«.
I ing houaes.
Revsy Items Gathered from All
Parts el the World.
REPAKED FOR THE BUST READER
BIG STRIKE IS AVOIDED
BY MEDIATION OFFER.
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■eklm e alt* down U dinner he to
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thin, and by the time he has finished
he Is so fat you would hardly recog
tilse him. But then we must remem­
ber that one meal sometimes lusts a
whole day."
"This voracity must be peculiar to
th* Inhabitants of cold countries," said
Altam ont
“I think It Is,” replied the doctor. "In
the arctic regions people must eat
enormously; It Is not only one of the
conditions of strength, but of exist­
ence.
The Hudson Bay Co.
alw ays
reckoned
on
this
account:
Eight
pounds of meat to each man a day, or
twelve pounds of fish, or two pounds
of pemmlcan."
"M ust be strengthening," said Bell.
“N ot so much as you Imagine. An
Indian who guzzleB like that can't do
a whit better day's work than an E n ­
glishman, who has has pound of beef
and pint of beer.”
"Things are best as they are, then, I
suppose.”
" N o doubt of It, and yet an Eskimo
meal may well astonish us.
In Sir
John Ross' narrative, he states his s u r­
prise at the appetites of his guides.
He tells us that two of them— Just two,
mind— devoured a quarter of a buffalo
In one morning. They cut the meat In
long strips, and the mode oj eating was
either for the one to bite off as much
as his mouth could hold, and then pass
It on to the other, or to leave the long
ribbons of meat dangling from
the
mouth, and devour them gradually,
like boa constrictors, lying at
full
length on the ground."
" U g h ! ” exclaimed Bell, "w hat dis­
gusting brutes!"
"E ve ry man has his own fashion of
dining,” remarked the
philosophical
American.
Soon a walrus was sighted. It was
of huge dimensions, and not more than
200 yards away. The hunters surround­
ed the animal, crept along cautiously
till within a few paces of him. Then
they fired simultaneously.
The walrus rolled over, but speedily
got up again, and tried to make his es­
cape. But Altamont fell upon him with
his hatchet, and cut off his dorsal fin.
H e made a desperate resistance, but
was overpowered by his enemies, and
soon lay dead, reddening the Ice field
with his blood.
It w as a flno animal,
measuring
more than fifteen feet In length, and
woiild have been worth a good deal for
the oil.
But the hunters
contented
themselves with cutting oft the most
savory parts, and left the rest to the
ravens, who had Just begun to make
.heir appearance.
N igh t was draw ing on, and It was
time to return to Fort Providence.
C H A P T E R VI.
It Is a dreary affair to live near the
pole, for there Is no going out for
many months, and nothing to break
the w eary monotony.
The day after the hunting excursion
was dark and snowy, and Clawbonny
could find no occupation except polish­
ing up the Ice walls of the hut, and
emptying out the snow which drifted
Into the long passage leading to the In­
ner door.
The "S n ow -H ou se" stood
out well, defying storm and tempest.
The snow only Increased the thick­
ness of the walls.
They could do nothing but wait. It
wasn't time to try to build a boat
The men were compelled to spend
the greater part of the days In com­
plete Idleness. Hatteras lolled on his
bed absorbed In thought
Altamont
smoked or dozed, and the doctor took
care not to disturb either of them, for
he was In perpetual fear of a quarrel.
At meal t!me he alw ays led the con­
versation away from Irritating topics.
He gave them dissertations on history,
geography oi meteorology,
handling
his subject In an easy, though philo­
sophical manner, draw in g lessons from
the most trivial Incidents.
H is Inexhaustible memory was never
at a loss for fact or Illustration, while
his good humor and geniality made
him the life and soul of the little com­
pany.
H e was Implicitly trusted by
all, even by Hatteras, who cherished a
deep affection for him.
On the 26th of April, during the
night, there was a sudden change In
the weather.
The thermometer
fell
several degrees, and the Inmates of
the Doctor’s House could hardly keep
themselves warm even In their beds.
Altamont had charge of the stove, and
he found It needed careful replenishing
to preserve the temperature at 50 de­
grees above zero.
place.
T o-m orrow If we find fresh
ones. It will be evident that they are
after us.”
The three hunters set to work then,
and scraped the snow over till all th*
footprints were obliterated for a con­
siderable distance.
Next morning at early dawn, H at-
teras and his companions, well armed,
went out to reconnolter the state of
the snow. They found the same Iden­
tical footmurks, but somewhat nearer.
Evidently the enemy was bent on the
siege of Fort Providence.
"But where can they be?" said Bell.
"Behind the Icebergs watching us,”
replied the doctor. "D on’t let us ex-
puse ourselves Imprudently."
"W h a t about going hunting, then?"
asked Altamont.
“W e must put It off for a day or
two, I think, and rub out the marks
again, and see If they are here to-m or­
row.”
The doctor’s advice w as
followed,
and they Intrenched themselves In the
fort. The lighthouse was taken down,
as It w as not of actual use meantime,
and might help to attract the bears.
Each took It In turn to keep watch on
the upper plateau.
The day passed without a sign of
the enemy' existence, and the
next
morning, when they hurried out to ex ­
amine the snow, they found It wholly
untouched!
,
"C a p ita l!" exclaimed A ltam ont "The
bears are put olf the scent; they have
no perseverance, and have grown tired
w aiting for us. They are off, and a
good riddance. Now let us start for a
day's hunting.”
“Softly, softly," said the doctor; “I
am not so sure they have gone. I think
we had better wait one day more. It
Is evident the bears have not been here
last n igh t at least, on this side; but
still------ ”
"W ell, let us go round the plateau,
and see how things stand,” said the
Impatient Altamont.
"AH right,” said Clawbonny. "Com *
along."
A w ay they w en t but no trace of the
enemy was discoverable for two miles.
"N ow , then, can't we go hunting?"
said A ltam ont
"W a lt till to-m orrow,"
urged
the
doctor again.
The American was unwilling to de­
lay, but yielded at lust, and returned
to the fort.
(To be continued.)
A T H O U S A N D -D O L L A R C IG A R .
E c c e n t r ic S h e e p K i n g H as In c o m e In
S ix F ig u r e s .
From a country school teacher at
$40 a month to a stock raiser with a
yearly Income of $140,000 seems a long
step, even though It took twenty-sev­
en years to accomplish the change; but
that is the record of "B ill" Brown,
Central Oregon's eccentric sheep king.
'B ill” controls many Bquare miles of
Central Oregon. He owns 9,600 acres,
so located that his land Includes the
water holes and springs, making a
large territory, where he la monarch
of all he surveys. The land covers por­
tions of Harney, Lake and Crook Coun­
ties, each of which Is larger than many
Eastern States.
Brown started at the grass roots and
after teaching school a while he, with
two brothers, got a small band of
sheep which they herded themselves on
the eastern slope of Wagon Tire moun­
tain. In 1889 "BUI" bought out hi*
brothers and has since gone it alone.
He led a spectacular, nomadli life.
With a bunch of raisins and a loaf of
sour dough” bread In his pockets hs
would start from Ills cabin and graze
his sheep across the Central Oregon
plains, sleeping on the ground, some­
times with a sheepskin for cover, of-
tener with nothing. He would kill a
sheep whenever necessary to give hlz
dogs meat and would roast a haunch
of mutton for himself over a fire.
He was as much alone as Robinson
Crusoe for months at a time. Only th*
coyotes howling at the moon, his dogs
and the sheep kept him company. Even
now, when herders leave, "B ill” takes
their places till others can be found.
He has often herded bands of 6,000
and 7,000 sheep for weeks under these
circumstances. He owns, as nearly as
he can tell himself, about 6,000 horses
and 1,000 cattle. He has 18,000 sheep
and he branded 5,600 lambs this spring.
His Income this year Is about as fol­
lows: Six hundred horses, sold at $70
per head. $42,000; 4,000 wethers at
$3.50, $14,000; 4,000 at $3.25, $13,000;
18,000 fleeces of wool at $2, $36,000;
cattle and other Items make the total
up to about $140,000 for this year's
work.
BUI Brown Is a bachelor and relig­
ious. Many churches and schools are
indebted to him for donations. He Is
a Methodist and abhors tobacco. Re­
cently he was In an Eastern Oregon
town where the Methodists wanted to
build a church. He decided to give
them $1,000. Soon after a man with a
cigar In his mouth came up to Bill and
Introduced himself as the pastor of th*
flock. That cigar was an expensive
one, for It cost the congregation a thou/
sand dollars.
The
Increase of cold betokened
the coming end of the stormy w eath­
er, and the doctor hailed It gladly as
the harbinger of his favorite hunting
and exploring expeditions
He rose early next morning,
and
with the others climbed up to the top
of a hill nearby. Soon he found nu­
merous traces of animals on all sides,
and this within a circle of two miles
of Fort Providence.
A fter gazing attentively as
these
traces for some minutes, the hunters
looked at each other silently, and -ten
C a t s In I k e N a v y .
th* doctor exclaimed:
The ships of the navy carry mors
"W ell, these are plain enough,
I
think!"
dogs than cats because the dog la a
“Ay, only too plain," added
Bell, better sailor and more easily trained,
"bears have been here!"
but a good many grimalkins go to sea
"F irst-rate gam e!" said Altam ont under the stars and strlpee. The dis­
"There's only one fault about I t "
cipline of the service Is not relaxed In
"W h a t Is that?" asked Bell.
their favor, and when they become
"Too much of It."
overfed and lazy they are put ashore
"W h a t do you mean?"
A cat doe*
"I mean this— there
are
distinct to shift for themselves.
traces of five bears, and five bears are not stand rough weather so well as a
rather too much for five men."
dog or a monkey, and one battleship
"A re you sure?" said Clawbonny.
that started on the voyage round the
"Look and sec for yourself.
Hero
world with ten cats returned with
Is one footprint, and there Is another I
only one, all the rest having died on
quite different. These claws are far
the way.
wider apart than those, and see here. |
again, that paw belongs to a
much
L o ts I , l k * H i e .
smaller bear. I tell you. If you look
"1 d like to get a Job on a uewspn
carefully, you will see the marks of all
per.”
five different bears distinctly."
"Had any experience as a Journal
"Y ou 're right." said Bell, after a
istr'
close Inspection.
"None.”
'I f that's the case, then." said the
doctor, "w e must be careful, for these
"Then what could you do on a news
animals are starving after the severe paper?"
winter, and they might be extremely
"Seems to me that I could dish on
dangerous to m eet"
excellent advice of some kind.''-*
'Tou think they have discovered our
Louisville Courier-Journal
presence here?"
'N o doubt of It,
otherwise
why
w
1-0*1 e.
should these footprints be In a circle
Doctor (after th* diagnosis)— Well,
round our fort?" said Bell.
I am pleased to say yon are perfectly
"Y ou 're rig h t " said the do. |..r, “and,
sound.
what's more. It Is certain that they
— H'm, then n visit to the sen
have been her* last n ig h t*
"And other nights before t h a t" re­ won't do roe any harm, will it?__M e »
tndorfer Blaetter.
plied A ltam ont
" W e l l we can easily find out If they
Instead of using barley and rice fo.
com* to -u U h V * said A ltam ont
"H o w ? "
thickening soup, try n»>»u*oi
"By effacing all the marks In a «Iren ally.
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