Jf
CURRENT EVENTS
OF THE WEEK
H IL L W I L L D E V E L O P S T A T E .
tnat they had taken to wearing Tialr
hose in New Y ork."
"B ut here’s the question," continued
Has Extensive Plans fo r C oast, But
Johnny, “no man In the house knew
Cannot Divulge Them .
Mrs. W ayne nor anything about her
Why, the only decent word any one
Portland, May 4.—Beyond encourag­
of those curious pussed about her was
ing intimations concerning future rail­
that no one had com e to see hftr since
road construction in Oregon and admit­
she arrived, and that she had appeared
ting the ownership of the United Rail­
embarrassed when her fellow boarders
ways and Oregon Electric systems,
o f the sex m asculine attem pted to pay
James J. Hill yesterday declined to
her any attention."
make any statement relative to his
“ I’ ll Just w ager that she was some
plans or acquirements in this state.
poor, sweet little girl who had m ar­
B y M A C ' D A l f . W E S T
While promising that before he
ried som e old fool for his money," In­
terposed Philip H artley, whose sy m ­ General Resume o f Im portant Events leaves the city he will make a further
statement, Mr. Hill insists that more
pathetic heart beat for all the m is­
Presented in C ondensed Fo rm
Oopjrrtzbt, 1009, by W . 0 . Chapm u. Copyright la Oroat Britala
or less reticence is necessary in the
treated women in the world.
“ She’s
fo r O u r B u sy R ead ers.
found him unbearable, and refused to
carrying out of plans which require
live with him, and he’s Just hounded
the purchase of rights of way and other
her to death. That *H’ may have stood
property.
for ’H ubby,” in the letter that had the
Two French counts exchanged six
“ If I told all that we intend to do in
: k >
threat to kill her. I believe she’s been shots in a duel and neither was hit.
Oregon, there would be perhaps 50
enterprising newspaper boys had a l­ taking slow poison, and cam e here
C H A P T E R IIL
.
A daughter of Richard Crocker, ex- persons who woudl try to jump in
They held the Inquest that same ready had them photographed so that where she wasn’t known to snuff It off
Tammany
boss, married a groom in a ahead of us at each point to gain some
quietly."
afternoon, and In the room
where their papers might reproduce them.
unjust advantage or profit at our ex­
riding
academy.
“
H
ow
about
the
M
an-A
pertlla?“
The longer o f the two was undated,
Cerlsse Wayne*« body had been found.
pense.,” said the railroad magnate.
Dr. McGann, the coroner, could find the other bore date of eight months flouted I^arry Morris. “ Proceed, Jules
Mark Twain left all his property to
“ Will you say whether an east and
Verne II. W hy don’t you go farther,
no trace o f violence on the young and previous, In m id-A ugust and ran:
his
only
surviving
daughter.
He
left
west line is to be built across the
and have It a trained ape sent carrier
“Cerlsse D ear— Heart o f mine,
perfect body.
state” was asked.
by the about $180,000.
“ She died o f heart failure," he re­ have so longed for a letter. Do you pigeon, bloodhound-fashion
“ No; that is a matter that I
W ill you ogre-husband, to choke her to death?"
marked, very «Imply.
“ Probably the still refuse to rem em ber?
The jury returned a verdict of mur­
“ Because she w asn't choked," con ­ der in the second degree /o r Charles cannot discuss at this time,”
he re­
animal w ho caused the police such not forgive or must I die without word
fright and trouble gained access to the or sign from you ? Forgive me, Cerlsse, tended Hartley. “ Heavens, what a Wezler, Tacoma murderer.
plied.
woman
she
must
have
been."
room, and the sight and shock were dear, forgive me."
The solid through train between
A second man has been found who Portland and St. Paul will be known as
“ Oh, to kill from Jealousy,” added
The other, couched more formally,
too much for her patently fragile co n ­
received
$1,000
lor
voting
for
Lorimer,
Hank
Smith.
“
Why,
hallo;
here’s
Bet­
stitution
to
withstand.
Remember, though In the same writing, read:
“ The Oregonian.” President Hill, of
“ Cerlsse— So the w ander-lust
still ty LAncey at this hour o f the morning. of Missouri, for U. S. senator.
that this apparition has brought on
the Great Northern, said that it was
get
through
Mrs. D esterle a stroke o f paralysis, pervades your heart? Can you calm Betty, don’t you ever
The New York state legislature fail­ desired to have the name “ Oregon”
w
ork?
And
you're
all
out
o
f
breath.
and may result in the permanent d e ­ your restless mind and soul and body
sufficiently long to realize that home, W hat’s wrong. Mamie, get her some ed by one vote to pass a resolution en­ somewhere in the title that will be
rangem ent o f her mind.
given to the new limited service, but
dorsing the Federal income tax.
d evelop­ tea. W hat Is the matter. B etty?"
*T have wired Doubleday, Fran* A husband, children and the
Betty, white as print paper, sunk on
the
Co., In flan F ran cisco," he continued. ment o f w om anhood’s Ideals is
The police chief of Council Bluffs, the shorter form of the word had been
“T h eir reply Just received Is that they tithe life exacts from each o f your a chair. Her big blue eyes were open­ la., has been ousted by the courts for
ed wide.
“ B oys," she said.
“ Come
know but little about Cerisae Wayne. sex?
complicity in the Maybray fake fight
They declare that they knew her as
“ You must pay now, Cerlsse, or pay with m e; com e quick, don’t say a word,
frauds.
Mrs.
W ayne.
Also
that for
five at the end. If you defer payment of but tell me, am I crazed or dream ing;
years past $2,000 a month has been d e­ your Indebtedness to the schem e o f all has It really happened or am I hav-
Woman suffragists will campaign
posited to her credit with them. Parke creation till the end you will find the lons? Oh. no! don’t stop to finish eat­ the entire state of Illinois during the
ing; com e quick or It will be too late. summer in an effort to carry the fall
A Gray, solicitors, o f London, E n g­ Interest hard to handle.
I shall ap
land, have hundled the drafts sent to peal no more.
Entreaties
do
not I am afraid to stop alone In that a w ­ elections.
the
San
Fran cisco bankers.
Mrs. move you.
Neither do threats and ful room. You know I missed my train
A Mexican multi-millionaire, who is
W ayne drew on this am ount so freely com m ands are naught to you. But let home and stopped at the hotel to ­
dying in San Antonio, Texas, has sum­
that at times her balance was practi­ me Impress one thing upon you. If night, and, oh. It startled me so.”
"W hat's up, a n y h ow ?" asked John ­ moned his children, grandchildren and
cally nothing, and frequently her a c ­ you do not return to me before the
“Tell the rest o f them, Betty. great grandchildren to the number of
count showed a small overdraft. For first of the com ing year, I will kill ny.
the past several months, however, her you. D o you understand what I mean I’ m going up to get chum m y with the 105. A small hotel has been leased
demands on the account have been when I write this?
I have never mystery, sleeping all night In the Des­ for them.
very slight.
Last month $4,000 was seemed able to make you com prehend terle house. M aybe I’ll have a visi­
Miss Geraldine Farrar, a noted opera
sent for her credit, and her present anything I have ever written or said. tation, seeing as how my own head Is
balance Is approxim ately $6,000. R e­ You won’ t understand this, you won’ t some reddish. ’Tlsn’t like you to have singer, sung to convicts in the state
stage fright, Betty."
penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga.
Among
sides this they have a casket, said to realize that you will be dead, murder
contain alm ost priceless Jewels, that ed, before the blossom s weight the
“ I haven't got It,”
she
snapped. the prisoners were Charles W. Morse,
belong to her. A cop y o f a photograph orchards If you still persist In absent­ “ But Just as I started to get Into bed Greene and Gaynor, Loupe — “ The
of Mrs. W ayne, which they have In ing yourself from
and went over to raise the shade, I W olf” and many bank officials.
H.
their possession, has been forwarded,
“ Seems to mo that ‘ II,’ whoever ‘H’ looked across the court into one of the
President Taft eulogizes Secretary
other room s o f the hotel. And In there
and Henry Frans, one o f the Junior Is, must have been Intoxicated, do
Knox and his work.
m em bers o f the firm, Is com ing East to ranged or doped on his correspondence what do you think I sa w ?"
view the body. They report they have course," w hispered Larry Morris to
W om anlike Betty paused to give her
Ninety bakers in Victoria, B.,C., are
audience a thrill.
cared for her mall for som e time past, Betty Lancey.
on strike and the city is about out of
and during this time she has had it
“ Oh, nonsense; out with It," co m ­
“ Oh, don’t Joke," replied
Betty
bread.
forw arded to nearly every Imaginable "H ow can you at such tim e? Buch a manded the boys.
point, both In this country and abroad. beautiful woman as she was, too. I’ d
“Cerlsse W ayne, her ghost or her
A raid on gambling houses in Se­
In her handbag there was nearly $150 have loved to have seen her as she double, and the handsom est man I ever attle revealed all kinds of games in
w !"
and nothing to indicate that she had must have been when Rhe was alive."
full swing.
been mentally depressed or was in poor
(T o be continued.)
“ Death from causes unknown. P rob ­
Roosevelt dined at Copenhagen with
health. O ver-Indulgence In cigarettes ably heart failure superinduced by
the royal crown prince and is a guest
may have unduly excited her mind. It fright," cam e the Coroner’s verdict.
M A R Y L A N D H IST O R Y .
Is patent that she read and smoked till
at the royal palace.
This ultimatum disposed o f the
she grew drow sy and
then
lightly body, which was burled next day. But F la s r S n a t c h e d O u t o f B a r b a r a F r l e t -
Countess Szchenyi, formerly Miss
tossed her book aside. Possibly she it didn't o f the Monster.
That was
c h lo * « H an d ily K a n s a n S a y s .
Gladys Vanderbilt, has lost a casket of
w akened from som e quiet dream to be­ In a cage in the municipal zoological
Poor Barbara F rletch le, will they jewels valued at $40,000
hold that creature in the room, and gardens, snarling, whining and m ak­
Who arrived in N ew York Monday after hia
died o f fright. There was one second ing the hours hideous. And it didn’ t never let her rest? Com es a Kansas
walk across the continent. He said he could start
The Pittsburg Plate Glass works next
day and walk back to the Pacific Coast.
historian
with
a
discovery,
the
1,249th
o f Intense horror and all was over."
dispose of the story. That went flash­
were burned, causing a loss of $1,500,-
' H ow did that-—that— that— get In, ing around the world on the wires, mode In relation to the affair, the Bal­
000 and throwing 3,000 men out of used so much in the designation of
d o cto r?" Interrupted the still dishevel­ while newspapers the country
over tim ore Sun says. He snatches the flag
work.
ed Doherty.
trains that something distinctive of the
seized the scent to track the “ greatest right out o f Barbara’s hands. T w a s
The administration railroad bill is in Great Northern service was desired, so
“ D on’ t you know that there’s no place crim e m ystery o f the age."
not Barbara w ho waved the flag In the
on the front o f this, nor any other
danger,
insurgents having ‘ The Oregonian” was selected as the
face o f the C onfederates, he says; It great
bulldln* in the block where a cat could
C H A P T E R IV.
wag not any mem ber o f the Frletc-hle enough votes to kill its important fea­ name.
craw l up for a footin ’ ? A in ’t they all
In reply to a direct question James
Early next morning Larry Morris fam ily. In fact, he accuses her of tures.
smooth sandstone, worn as slick ns mo Hat In Le R oy’ s cafe, an all night res­
J. Hill admitted that he and his as­
being
a
Southern
sym
pathizer
and
“
not
An
investigating
commission
reports
last year’s c o a t And w asn’ t both of taurant and rendezvous o f the news
sociates now own the Oregon Electric
This that Chicago has been badly buncoed by
the window s there closed and locked paper men, Industriously disposing of a patriotic N orthern wom an.”
and United Railways, but when a ques­
Kansas
ch
ronicler,
by
name
W
illiam
bad castings for improvements in its tion as to extending the Oregon Elec­
In the bargain, and no chim ney In the a roast beef sandwich.
room ? M aybe the creature killed the
Larry’s forehead was twisted Into E. Connelly, avers that It was Mrs. water system.
tric this year to Albany and McMinn­
prltty little girl after it got In a l­ half a dozen corrugations.
Ho was Archibald Quantrell and her daughter
Frank B. Kellogg, a noted “ trust ville was asked, Mr. Hill again re­
right, but how did It got In? H ero’s hoping none o f the boys would com e V irginia w ho "w aved the United States
another thing. Will ye look at that In till he had got this W ayne story a flag defiantly In the faces o f the South­ buster,” will meet Roosevelt in Eu­ served any statement on the ground
rope and tell him all about conditions that it would not be politic to disclose
bed? Now there’s been tw o people little clearer In his head. I^arry and
ern troops as they m arched down the
his plans.
in this country.
sleeping In that bed, sir, one o f them two photographers had made
three
A similar reply was given to a ques­
far heavier and bigger than the poor trips out to the Park to see the awful streets o f F rederick, Md.” He proudly
Canadian settlers threaten to blow tion as to whether a new depot would
llttlo girl you’ ve Just been Inquesting Thing which some npt reporter had points to the fact that Mrs. Quantrell
was the aunt o f W illiam C. Quantrell, up a big dam which is ruining their be constructed this year on the North
over.
And here, now, Is a cigarette christened the Man-aperllla.
stub that's different from the others—
One by one the boys cam e trooping the guerrilla leader, w ho ‘ fled many a property by backwater and causing Bank terminal property.
stronger, can’ t you see?"
In. And the W ayne murder was the band Into K ansas” and w ho “ laid many accidents by flooding roads.
“ The terminal situation is a ser­
T he policem an held out the stub In topic of the night.
waste the town o f Law rence.”
Speaking before a joint convention ious one in ail large cities,” he con­
question, and It was passed wonder-
“ I’ll tell you what It Is, boys,” said
“ Ready handling o f traffic
Mr. Connelly puts som e new frills of Farmers’ unions in St. Louis, Sam­ tinued.
lngly from hand to hand, a n i later Hank Bmlth. “ That M an-A perllla Is
on the old story. He says Miss V ir­ uel Gompers strongly urged a union of cannot be accomplished without ade­
marked exhibit “ A."
half-hum an and I know It.
When
quate terminals.
Look at Chicago.
“ Entrance might have been effected those whito and black eyes were turn­ gin ia w « b w aving a little United State« farmers and regular labor unions.
from the hall," said the Coroner with er upon me I felt my soul craw l out flag at the gate, which so aroused the
An Illinois legislator admits receiv­ It now requires more time to get a car
a puzzled frown.
from under me, and I was left thero anger of the Confederates that a lieu­ ing $1,000 to vote for Lorimer for U. through the Chicago terminals than it
does to haul it from Chicago to the Pa­
“ S o ? W asn’ t the door bolted from hanging In space. Tell you what It Is. tenant with hls sword cut the flag S. senator.
cific Coast, once it is out of that city.
the Inside? Can’ t you see where It there's a story there."
from her bands.
Patten and his friends on the Chi­
“ In the state at large,” he contin­
“ Cut it. Hank, cut It," called little
was broke to get In?" retorted D o­
About Barlmra the M arylanders cer­
cago cotton exchange cleaned up $320,- ued, “ the great need is for develop­
red-headed John Johnston, the beet
herty.
tainly have to "g o from home to hear
“ Ah. som eone was inside and ru sh ­ police reporter In town. “ Here, M a­
000 in one day.
ment of the outside territory. You
Hank the new s." W hittier, who knew perhaps
ed out when Mrs. Desterle opened the mie," to the waitress, “ bring
Witnesses state conclusively that now have large and growing cities, hat
door,“ muttered Larry M orris o f the somo eatings so the rest o f us can as much o f Maryland as he did o f
they must have a settled country on
take a rubber at the conversational Senegambla, wrote a poem that gave Swope, the St. Louis millionaire, was which to draw. The upbuilding of the
“T im es."
killed
by
a
violent
poison.
game.
W
asn’
t
that
girl
a
stunner,
w
ide
currency
to
an
Incident
that
they
E verybody In the room directed his
state is what is most needed.”
attention to the corner
where
the though? And did you notice, too, what tell us either never occurred or cer­
British ^Democracy has forced the
a
dead
match
that
her
hair
was
for
newspaper folk were sitting.
There
tain ly did not occu r at all as he re­ Lords to pass the budget which was de­
Anne M organ W ill T alk .
were eight or ten men In the little the color o f the pelt on the bea st?"
lated It. Then It was em bodied In a feated last fall, and expects further
Now
every
man
at
the
table
had
Denver, May 4.— Miss Anne Morgan,
grou p and one woman, a fair, ca lm ­
play,
which
not
only
differed
from
the
triumphs.
daughter of J. Pierpont Morgan, will
eyed girl, Betty J^ancey o f the “ In­ noted Just that point. It was so o b ­
facts but disagreed with the poem.
Portland is much worked up over the address a political mass meeting to be
quirer." Betty was barely 23, one of vious a point that It was startling.
Now com es the W estern Iconoclast alleged carelessness of census takers. held here tomorrow night, under the
those tall, athletic, wholesom e girls Each had been loath to launch an op in ­
ion on It.
But Johnny had a way who takes the glory entirely aw ay It is claimed that at least 30,000 per­ auspices o f the Women’s Public Serv­
w ho demand classification in the men
tal menu as w .ll-co o k e d oatm eal with with him of pum ping all you knew by from W h ittier's favorite nnd con fers sons in the citv were not counted.
ice league. Women are taking an act­
Each man took counsel It upon an aunt of Kansas. T he Bar-
rich cream,
country
honey,
baked bold plays.
Speaker Cannon declares the minor­ ive part in the municipal campaign
apples or new milk.
I^ rry
Morris with him self w ondering what Johnny baraltes seem to be unable to agree
now in progress and it will be Miss
was very much In love with Betty, would do next. For ten years these with history, recollection, or to ngre« ity rules the house and that such rule Morgan’s first opportunity to partici­
but he didn't know It and neither did boys and Johnny had met every M on­ w ith each other. T he story has as must be stopped, even if it becomes
pate in a political movement where
day night, and the crow d had learned
necessary to chansre the constitution.
she.
m any tw ists and turns to It as th«
women vote. Miss Morgan is accomp­
when to give him rope.
Pierre Desterle denied Larry M or­
A rich rancher o f Elk City, Idaho, anied by her mother, and spent the af­
But Just now Johnny and hls bowl north pole dispute, and perhaps the
ris’ suggestion. His wife Annie D es­
o f rice and milk relapsed Into silence best way to settle It would be to name has not been heard from since he went ternoon investigating the methods of
terle could not com e as a witness to
while hls com panions ranged far In a com m ission em pow ered to determ ine hunting March 7, and two men who Denver’ s juvenile court.
corroborate
his
statem en t
Raving
wild theories o f who "H ” was, what the true and authorized version, the went in search of him two weeks ago
and shrieking they had carried her off
Run On Bank Reaches End.
to the hospital hours before. Pierre, part he had played In the life and said board to be com posed o f represen­ have not returned.
for his wife, and himself, told all he death of Cerlsse Wayne, whether she tatives o f the follow in g :
Los
Angeles, May 4.— The two-day
President Taft, speaking at Buffalo,
was wife, widow, murdered or simply
knew of their unfortunate boarder.
1. Those who declare that no such apologized to the state of New York run on the All Night and Day bank
another
victim
of
the
suicide
lis
t
"She came Monday night," quavered
The line of hundreds
By and by Johnny dug dow n Into Incident ever happened In Frederick and congratulated the entire nation up- ended tonight.
the little black-skinned fellow.
"Sb#
of men and women depositors who had
or anywhere else.
one
o
f
the
ever
bulging
pockets
of
hls
I
on
the
appointment
o
f
Governor
was all dressed In green. She had the
stood continuously for 36 hours melted
2. Those w ho hold that som ething Hughes to the Supreme court.
prettiest eyes you ever saw. they were alw ays baggy trousers. The b y-w ord
almost as suddenly as it had formed
Just like those o f a hurt baby. So many was that Johnny alw ays looked so or oth er occurred, but nothing resem­
Negotiations for about 280 looomo- yesterday morning.
Sentiment re­
violets were pinned on her breast you’d much like a burglar that he never had bling In any wny what tradition or th*
I tives and 5,000 to 6,000 freight cars, versed and. instead of flowing out, the
have thought ’twould have wearied her any trouble gaining the confidence of poet describes.
Be­
to carry them. She brought no trunks, the rather reticent people of that p r o ­
8. Those who assert that Barbara ! which the Harriman lines expected to stream o f gold began coming in.
purchase, are retarded because of ina­ fore midnight many thousands, with­
only the green bag there. Said she fession.
waved
the
flag
In
Stonew
all
.Tarkaon’s
“ Hunting for a quarter, Johnny, or a
wanted room and board for tw o weeks
bility to secure satisfactory terms.
drawn but a few hours before, had been
flare and dared the Confederate to
and would pay well for them. Annie tooth p ick ?" questioned I^irry Morris.
redeposited.
The announcement of
“ Here, look at this,” answered John­ shoot her, Just as W hittier has related
One person was killed, two fatally state bank commissioner, that the in­
took her because o f what she paid, and
It
[ injured and about 15 others hurt in a stitution was solvent reassured patrons.
beoause she was so pretty. She slept ny.
4 Those w ho hold that there never street ear collision in Seattle.
late m ornings and Annie was going to
Into their midst he twirled the som e­
make her move to-m orrow because she thing he had drawn from hls pocket. was any such person.
Tw ain Gives To Daughter.
The Indiana Democratic convention
slept so late It made breakfast drug It was a m an’s garter of lavender silk
5. The new elem ent who assert that
Redding, Conn., May 4.— The will of
along till noon. The women in the elastic, the buckle hand w rought from the flag was waved, but that B a r!* ra has endorsed John W. Kern for U. S.
senator.
Samuel L. Clemens, (Mark Twain),
house didn’t like Miss Wayne. They rose gold, set round with am ethysts
didn’ t wavs It. the glory goin g to aoins
said she painted her face and smoked and on the face the Initial “ H.” worked
The New York stock market is de­ filed for probate here today, leaves the
party
who
lived
dow
n
the
street
tw
o
•igmrettes. The men made soft eyes out In emeralds and am ethysts o f e x ­
moralized, everyone trying to sell to entire estate to the surviving daughter,
at her and the woman got Jealous. cessive smallness but exceedingly great block*.
Clara Langhome Clemens, wife of
8. Those who do not care 3 cent* avoid los*.
Annie said she had aw ful fine things brilliancy.
Ossip Gabrilowitsch,. The amount of
In her valise, and lots of Jewelry. A n ­
"Where did you get th at?" cam e the whether It ever occurred or not. but
Charlea Wezler, confessed murderer the estate is not given. The will was
nie cam e up stairs to wake her, for It chorus.
would like to hear the last o f It.
I of Mrs. Schultz at Gig Harbor, seeks a drawn August 17, 1909, and provided
was lunch time, and then It all h ap­
“ W ell,“ said Johnny, “listen. I p ick ­
Thus every elem ent o f our rltlzon- | second degree verdict.
the estate should be divided into two
pened. There couldn’ t anybody have ed this up In the Desterle house about
equal parts, the income to be appor­
•hlp would be represented
If the com ­
rushed down the stalra I was In the an hour ago.
Amid wild enthusiasm, San Fran­
flay, everybody about
hall when Annie fell, and Doherty was that house has got stage frig h t They m issioners settled the thing. It would cisco business men subscribed $4,000,- tioned to the two daughters quarterly.
One daughter died last December.
with me. and he cam e right up here are all m oving o u t
An earthquake give the public a grateful rest. If they 000 for their 1915 fair.
after we’d carried Annie to her room couldn't m ove them quicker than they didn't. It would provide a row th*t
Cherokee Claims Being Paid.
That was the only time the hall was are going. The death watch hag got would be am using and excitin g
T rot
Ruth Bryan’ s first husband, Leavett,
alone."
Its grip on the whole th irty-five b oa rd ­ out you r Barbaras, gentlem en Entrl-<* says her second marriage will be il­
Washingto“ , May 4.— The Treasury-
"H ow long did that take you, D o­ ers. More than half o f them are sp eed ­ for the F rletch le flag w aving conteet legal and that he will fight it.
department today began issuing war­
h erty?" asked Johnny Johnson o f the ing away to spend the night
with are open.
rants in payment o f the so-called j
An insane young man ag*d 19 shot
newspaper coterie.
He was thinking h and-baggage only. Great show, too.
Cherokee claims, which amount to
and seriously wounded three persons
that the Coroner was a shade too Judl- to watch them hustle o u t I’ m going
T a k U f (ha Tip».
about $3,000.000, and for which an ap­
elal and prosy about the Inquiry.
to sleep up there to -n ig h t
I picked
“ W hy did D ollarby sell hls h otel?" in New York and then committed sui­ propriation recently was made by con­
“ Som e six minutes or so," slow ly a n ­ this garter up In the closet where It
cide.
“ He w asn't m aking m oney iM l
gress. There are 30,850 beneficiaries,
swered Doherty.
“ Mrs. Desterle’s a had rolled down behind a little shelf
Newspaper publishers in the East i each of whom will receive something
enough."
w eight to ca rry; she’s pretty f a t you
Now women, you know, don’t wear
see a famine in paper unless congress t over $133. Three-fourths of [the ben-
•'What la he doing n o w ?"
know, lately. Her room. too. It’s clear garters like this.“
back on the second floor.
“ He'* luxuriating In the poeltlon o i passes the Mann bill removing the duty eficiaries reside west o f the Missis-
“ M ig h t"
bellowed
flank
ftmtth.
on pulp and paper.
| sippi river.
They read the letters aloud.
The
Saw a telegraph story the other 4 %* head w aiter." — W ashington Star,
The Quest of
Betty Lancey
Doings of the World at Large
Told in Brief.
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND
PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE
FO R F R E E LO C K S.
12.700 A C R E S F O R C U L T IV A T IO N
W illam ette Open R ive r an Rate C o n ­
vention S o D eclares.
Larg e T ra c t Being Reclaim ed in C en ­
tral O regon.
Oregon City—-The convention of the
Willamette Open river and Freight
rate association at its business session
adopter! the report of the locks com­
mittee providing that it be the sense
of the association that the new locks
be built at Oregon City for the free use
of the people of the Willamette valley.
The association pledged itself to work
for the realization of this condition
and to hurry up and back up the Oregon
delegation in its efforts to secure a
Federal appropriation of $300,000 to
add to the state appropriation of a sim­
ilar amount for the construction of the
locks.
Congress will be urged to direct the
government engineers to make an esti­
mate of the cost of the locks, after de­
ciding where to construct them, and to
avard the contract for their construc­
tion as soon as possible.
Through the individual efforts of W.
G. Souther, o f Portland, a tract of
Klamath county tule lands as large as
an European principality, is being re­
claimed for cultivation and coloniza­
tion. The tract comprises 12,700 acres
of the richest land in South Central
Oregon, and is located adjacent to the
Upper Klamath lake and within a few
miles of the city of Klamath Falls.
Engineers have been employed to sup­
erintend the dyking and draining of
the property, and as soon as the neces­
sary surveys have been made, the work
of reclaiming it will be got under way.
To the north o f the tract is a large
arm of the lake, that will be set aside
as a private game preserve, for the ex­
clusive benefit o f the purchasers o f the
adjoining subdivisions.
Mr. Souther’ s plan embraces the erec­
tion of a commodious club house on the
lake shore convenient to the preserve,
and the parking of the grounds sur­
rounding it, the construction of piers
and landings, and an equipment of
modern conveniences that will make
this the most unique resort for tour­
ists in the entire West.
The greatest value o f Mr. Souther’s
project, however, lies in the benefits
that will result to Klamath county
from the colonization and improvement
of this great tract o f wild land, 20
acres of whose rich soil will easily
maintain a family, and the whole of
which eventually will suport in com­
fort a colony o f 3,000 to 4,000 agri­
culturists.
_______
S O O N S T A R T S U R V E Y IN G .
Road to Link B a k e r C ity and P o r t­
land to T ap Rich Region.
The Portland, Baker City & Butte
Electric railroad company, which was
incorporated about a year ago for the
purpose of building an electric railroad
from Portland to Baker City through
some o f the richest sections o f the
state, will begin survey and engineer
ing work out of Portland in a very
short time.
The company is headed by C. N. At­
kinson, president o f the Union Bank &
Trust company, o f Portland, who, be­
fore coming West from Kansas City,
was deeply interested in railroad con­
struction. ;Mr. Atkinson built more
than 200 miles of the Rock Island sys­
tem in Arkansas, and 111 miles of the
Santa Fe in Oklahoma.
He is now
determined to push the construction of
the Portland, Baker City &_Butte prop­
osition.
The plans of the company are to
build out of Portland through Clacka­
mas county, following the east shore
of the river to the headwaters of the
Warm Springs river in the ' Warm
Springs Indian reservation, and then
the contour of that river to its junc­
tion with the Deschutes river, where
the tracks will run under the elevated
roadbeds of the Oregon Trunk and the
Deschutes^Railroad company. Thence
its course will continue eastward
through the rich districts in which are
located Dayville, Canyon City, and
Prairie City, and finally terminate at
Baker City. It will also tap a rich
mining district.
General Manager C. D. Charles states
that President Atkinson has taken over
and now holds under contract of pur­
chase the controlling interest in the
company, and that the survey and en­
gineering work will now be pushed
with all possible speed. He said that
the district to be tapped by the road is
one of the richest freight propositions
in the Pacific Northwest, as every mile
of ground covered is or can easily be
made productive.
The line will be
built primarily for freight, although
passenger service will also be main­
tained.
Reduced Rates to Su m m e r Sch o o l.
For the first time in the history of
Oregon, the Southern Pacific company
has granted reduced rates for attend­
ants at the University of Oregon sum­
mer school. The reduced rates go into
effect Saturday, June 18, and continue
through the session to its close, Satur­
day, August 6, thereby making it pos­
sible for teachers attending the session
to save materially in railroad fare.
Reduced rates have also been granted
for the two state educational confer­
ences to be held at the university the
week previous to the opening of the
summer school, and for the exercises
o f commencement week, June 19 to 22.
Every indication points to an excep­
tionally large attendance at all of these
events.
Logs M ay G o B y Rail.
Silverton — Having been deprived
o f the privilege of running logs down
the Abiqua river from the camps east
o f the city to the mill two miles north
o f Silverton, the Abiqua Lumber com­
pany is negotiating with the Silverton
Lumber company and the Southern Pa­
cific railroad company with a view to
making arrangements to convey logs to
the mill over their lines o f railroad.
It was learned that the proposition of
the Silverton Lumber company had
been accepted providing such arrange­
ments can be made.
W ill Build S I0 .0 0 0 C ity Hall.
Lebanon— Lebanon is to have a new
city hall. Plans have practically been
accepted by the city council, the build­
ing to cost between $10,000 and $12,-
000. The building will be 60x90 feet,
o f cement up to the first windows, and
from there up o f brick, with a pressed
brick front. The lower floor will be
divided into an office for the marshal,
three cells for prisoners, a firemen’s
room and a room for the fire apparatus
o f the city.
B a k e r Land Given to Settlers.
La Grande —John H. Lewis, sec­
retary of the state land board o f Ore­
gon, has placed on file in the local offi­
ce a state “ selection” o f 44,505 acres
in Baker county, which will be given
away to homesteaders who will pay for
the irrigation and reclamation.
The
proposition is similar to the Twin Falls
project under the Carey act, but it is
reported that the state o f Oregon will
not charge for the land.
W ill Em ploy 3 ,0 0 0 Thinners.
Hood River— Hood River valley will
be in need of about 3,000 apple thin­
ners in a very short time. Mr. Mason,
who has one of the largest orchards in
the valley, stated that the work is one
o f the most pleasant tasks connected
with the fruit, industry.
C annery In Eagle Valiev.
Baker City—Farmers and fruitmen
o f Eagle Valley have let a contract for
the construction of a cannery on the
townsite of New Bridge, the contract
price being $7,750. The cannery is to
be complete and ready for operation in
time to handle this year's vegetables
and fruiL
$ 2 ,3 7 5 an A cre fo r Fruit Land.
Breaking all records for bearing
fruit lands in Oregon, a part of the
famous Burrell pear orchard near Med­
ford was sold last week for $2,375 an
acre.
The property comprised 12
acres, and was purchased by C. H.
Burrell, of Philadelphia for $28,000.
The trees are in full bearing and have
yielded a net income o f $500 per acre
for several years past, such a thing as
a failure of crop having never been
known.
There have been several sales in the
Hood River valley and in Southern
Oregon, where bearing orhards were
sold for from $2,000 to $2,200 an acre,
but until this purchase by the Philadel­
phia investor, $2,200 has stood as the
record price for Oregon land.
C ity P a rk to Be Im proved.
Astoria— The city park commission
has under consideration a number of
improvements to be made this summer
on the park property south of the city
reservoir. The entrance will be widen­
ed to double its present width by the
removal of a portion of the bank now
under the control of the water commis­
sion.
The overflow o f water from the
drinking fountain will be utilized by
the erection o f a trough for horses.
This will prove a great convenience to
the traveling public along the county
road from the city to Young’s river.
Many Laborers Wanted.
Portland— Fifteen hundred railroad
laborers are wanted at once by the Pa­
cific Railroad & Navigation company,
which is building a railroad from
Hillsboro to Tillamook. One thousand
men are steadilyx at work, but it is
said that the number could easily be
augmented to 2,500.
General Man­
ager E. E. Lytle states that work on
the line is progressing nicely, but to
get it completed as soon as desired a
great deal more help must be had.
Dredge Will Deepen Channel.
Tillamook—The master of the gov­
ernment dredge has received instruc­
tions to dredge out the channel to Til­
lamook, the chief of engineers having,
on the recommendation of Major Mor­
row, granted $1,000 for the work.
PO RTLAN D
M ARKETS.
Wheat— Track prices: Bluestem, 88
(5 89c; club, 86c; red Russian, 85c;
valley, 87c.
Barley— Feed and brewing, $22(523
per ton.
Corn—Whole, $33; cracked, $34 ton.
Hay— Track prices: Timothy, Wil­
lamette valley, $20(521 per ton; East­
ern Oregon, $22(0 25; alfalfa, $16.50
(5 17.50; grain hay, $17(518.
Oats— No. 1 white, $27(527.50 ton.
Fresh fruits— Strawberries, Oregon,
12i(515c per pound; Los Angeles, $1
(51.25 per crate; apples, $1.50(53 per
box; cherries, $1.75(52.50 per box.
Potatoes — Carload buying prices:
Oregon, 4O(.;50c per hundred; new Cal­
ifornia, $2.75(r/ 3.50 per sack; sweet
potatoes, 4c per pound.
Vegetables — Asparagus, $1(51.25
per box; cabbage, 3Jc per pound; hot­
house lettuce, $ 1(51.25 per box; horse­
radish, 8<510c per pound; green on­
ions, 15c per dozen; radishes, 15(520c;
rhubarb, 2(52jc per pound; spinach,
8(<; 10c; rutabagas, $1.25(51.50 per
sack; carrots, 85c(5$l; beets, $1.50;
parsnips, 75c(5$l.
Onions- Oregon, $2 per hundred;
Bermuda, $2(5 2.25 per crate.
Butter—City creamery, extras, 27c
per pound; fancy outside creamery,
25(5 27c; store, 20c. Butter fat prices
average l j e per pound under regular
butter prices.
Eggs— Fresh Oregon ranch, 23(5 24c
per dozen.
Pork— Fancy, 12irti?13 per pound.
Veal—Fancy, 10J(ullcper pound.
Lambs— Fancy, 10(512c per pound.
Poultry— Hens,
20(521c; broiler*.
30or35c; ducks, 22)(o23o; geese, 121e;
turkeys, live, 20(o2’2c; dressed, 25c;
squabs, $3 per dozen.
Cattle— Beef steers, hay fed, good
to choice, $6(o 6.50; fair to medium,
$5(55.50; cows and heifers, good to
choice, $5(55.50; fair to medium. $4(5
5.50; bulls. $3.50(54.50; stags. $5(5
5.50; calves, light, $6(57; heavy. $4.50
tf!5.50.
*
Hogs— Top, $10.25(510.75; fair to
medium. $9.75(510.
Sheep— Best
wethers,
$5.25(56-
fair to good. $4.756; 5.25; best ewes,’
$4.75(o5.25; lambs,
choice, $7(58;
fair, $6.50(5 7.
Hops — 1909 crop, 12(516c per
pound; olds, nominal; 1910 contract*
nominal.
Wool—Eastern Oregon. 14(5 17c per
poond;
valley,
18(o21c;
mohair,
choice, 31(§.32c.