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CH A ITER X X II.— (Continued.)
Mr». Harcourt looked him over from
Dead to foot. In this broken man, with
the hair slightly nlfted over with »li
ver, she seemed not to recognize the
handsome husband she loved so well.
They stood in silence for several mo
ments, and then she spoke. "Harold,"
she asked, quietly, "I've a great blank
In my mind since I got well. I remem
ber much, too much, In some ways, and
In others I can’t remember at all. Since
I’ve been better this lifst week I’ve
been asking why you are In Jail here,
piore closely than 1 did before, ami
I’ ve been wondering why you never
sent me any messages nor any reply to
those I sent you when I was so ill and
so delirious. And they've tried to ex
plain things to me, and I’ve got my
subconsciousness of the things I used
to do out in India, all mixed up with
what they’ve told me. Harold, don't
you remember how I used to ask you
If there were two Me's, and how you
used to laugh at me? How I used to
say I hud seen myself walking through
the garden, and wonder If It were tny
mother's ghost, my mother pnd I were
so alike, you know? And don’t you
know how I used to tell you that I had
wakened from sleep at your aide to see
another me bending over you, kissing
you? Hurold, what did It mean?"
Harcourt had grown whiter than the
gardenias his wife wore. He put his
hands to his forehead as if he would
Implore her to stop, out apparently
thought better of It. Plaintively her
sweet, childish voice went on:
“They couldn't seem to make your
trouble clear to me, Harold, and yes
terday they brought mo the newspa
pers. I've read the whole story, and
can’t understand It. I can't see why
you should write so much like this
Hamley Hackleye, I can't see why that
letter they found thut blew from your
wallet, should be a letter addressed to
you by a 'Cerisse.' I can't get this Ce-
rlsse woman straight in my head! Iio
you know anything about her? Why
did she look so much like me? And
that girl that came to my room that
night? I remembered about It when I
read It In the paper. Harold, did you
know this womun? This Cerisse
Wayne? And If you did, who was site,
and what was she to you? You are
my husband still, Hurold, and my dead
baby's father, and all I possess will be
yours to clear you from tills unfortu
nate state of affairs, only be frank with
me, Harold! Tell me the truth! And
Harold, do you know that they say
that since I quit taking the medicines
you used to tell me never to miss. I’ve
been so much better. My recollection
of my childhood is coming back------
Why, Harold, what Is the matter?”
Harcourt hud fainted. Mrs. Har
court cried out and the turnkey came
In an Instant. In a Jiffy they had Har
court on his feet ugaln. "Ask her to
go away," he begged. "Ask her to go
away.”
But Mrs. Harcourt stood firm. Philip
Hartley and the doctor, summoned by
the confusion, entreated her to leave
Harcourt alone, but she turned a deaf
ear upon them.
"I have asked only those questions
that a wife has a right to ask her hus
band," she continued. "It Is half a
year since I have seen my husband.
l,et him answer me, or I shall not go."
Harcourt realized the corner In which
he was placed. He knew, too, thut
Narclsse. In her normal health, or even
partially so, was a force to be gainsaid.
In estimating her powers of persist
ency he knew well the host with which
he had to reckon. Obstinacy would
never do, that he knew. An appeal to
her emotions might. He staked all on
one throw "Narclsse," lie begged, "I'm
sick, weak, unnerved, and sight of you,
dear, after all this weary separation
has been most heart-breaking. It has
brought up all the old loneliness and
But Narclsse was not deceived. The
days when the wool had been lightly
shifted over her eyes were sped.
"Nonsense," said she, tersely. "There
Is a woman dead and buried out there
In the cemetery so like mo that people
mistook her for me. They found let
ters In your handwriting, and address
ed to her among her belongings. They
found a letter In your handwriting in
dited to some 'Cerisse' In your wallet,
along with a picture which I have seen
and which never was my picture,
though It Is a likeness of me. Those
were the papers that blew from your
wallet that night In the hotel, and you
lied to me and told tne they were pass
ports. Tell me, I demand It, what was
Cerisse Wayne to you?"
Harcourt braced himself before he
answered. Then he shouted hoarsely:
"She was my real wife! And the
woman I loved!"
Mrs. Harcourt did not move, though
Hartley stood ready to cntch her. She
fainted. The guards had walked away
and only Ur. Kothergill and Hartley
had heard the brutal answer ns Har
court gave It. The doctor spoke first.
"And Mrs. Harcourt here?"
Harcourt answered sullenly, "I mnr-
rled her. But 1 never lived with her
except for that first yenr. After the
baby came I hated her. I learned to
love Cerisse—she was a woman!"
"But she, and your wife," breathed
Hartley. "They were like as two peas."
“W oof!" expostulated Harcourt. "So
Is a sunbeam like Its picture! So Is
red paper like flame!
Cerisse—she
was the breath of the wind, the spirit
of the flower—the essence of life. Nar
clsse. there—an Ivory Idol, nothing
more."
"But this Wayne woman—where did
you meet her? Was she not Hackley's
wife," eagerly Interposed Hartley. “Or
was there a Hackleye, or did you play
a dual part as well as live a dual life ”
“ No, there's a Hackleye," said Har-
rourt. "I kill Cerisse? Nonsense.
If
I'd been killing It's the other one I'd
killed."
"And since you weren't killing, but
drugging," scored Dr. Kothergill, "you
kept her brain and will controlled with
your deadly dosings!"
"S o?" snarled Harcourt. “Fin# hy
pothesis you've got there. You're a
mess of bally Idiots snyhow, you and
your old American police. I didn't k'll
Cerisse Wayne. I tell you. and I dou't
know a thing about that girl. Why
don't you let me out of here?”
All trace of the English gentleman
had fled from Harcourt. He was a
type of the brute debased. Prison lfe
takes the brute out of some men. It
had Injected it anew Into Harcourt.
"Good-by, Narclsse," he called, gruf
fly, "I’m not going to talk any more,"
and he turned his back upon the vis
itors and skulked over to the farther
corner of the cell.
And talk any more he didn't. Hart
ley turned In u report of the conver
sation with Harcourt’s wife to the ser
geant, and the sergeant gave it to the
papers, and then they took Harcourt
and put him in the sweat box, and kept
him there for three days. And when
he came out they knew as much as
when he went In.
Mrs. Harcourt went back to the hos
pital. She quit chatting and laugh
ing with the nurses as she had grown
to do, and sat for hours silently by
the window, ostensibly busied with
some embroidery, but in reality think
ing, thinking, us If to lind some lost
pathway that would lead her to the
clue she sought.
Day after day she sat and embroid
ered absently in so deep a study that
she could with difficulty be roused.
Even Hartley was powerless to break
through this abstraction and he grew
despairing. Iiut shrewd old Or. Eoth-
erglll, after watching her narrowly for
a while, bade them let her alone,
“She will stumble >et upon the lost
Allf," commented the doctor, sagely.
CHAPTER XXIII.
Three days' Journey In the yacht
brought the strange cortege to a little
cluster of native villages. The river
was no longer navigable and they stop
ped to fit the yacht with queer runners
and harness It to a string of camels.
The party was transferred to camel
back, and made slow progress over the
desert to navigable water. Tired ns
they all had been of the yacht, the
camel travel had become more Intol
erable still, and even City Editor Bur
ton welcomed the roll of the water
again.
Le Mulheureux had changed his
mind, and instead of going to Khar-'
toum, at Hackleye’» solicitation, they
took to the ocean for Cairo. It was
easier traveling on the yacht, and less
dangerous than In any other way. Be
sides l.o Mulheureux did not wish to
leave his electrical toy behind him, be
cause there was no suitable place 'n
which to lodge it. Further, he had de
clared his Intention of returning to
America, and had offered to pilot John
ny Johnson and the Morrises back to
their own country, an offer only too
speedily accepted. By now there was
no distrust of any of their odd com
panions in the heart of the three
Americans. Even Huckleye, the tacit
ly accused murderer of his wife, filed
a certain claim upon their sympathies,
he was so bowed down by the weight
of woe. His children seemed to be
outgrowing their temporary dislike f
him, und a truce with them was al
ready well under way.
"lie's grieving himself to death over
that wife of his,” said Johnny. "It’s a
shame what an upset a woman can
make, If she’s beautiful and unprinci
pled."
Larry had mado Le Mulheureux
promise him that once they were well
out at sea he would permit the send
ing of a wireless to the press associa
tion stating that Betty had been found
and they they all were safely return
ing.
"No use, you know," he explained, "In
saving all the news till we get back.
No reason why they should suffer from
indigestion or the presses from over
feeding, you know."
So when the sea was touch a week
later, this message went flushing Into
New York:
"Betty Lancey found. All well. Com
ing home. I-arry Morris and she were
married a month ago. Hamley Hack
leye with us.
Johnson."
Larry and Johnny had argued it all
out between them that since I-arry
had carried off the lirhle, the glory was
coming Johnny's way, so it was his
name thut was signed to the message.
Two continents thrilled at these
words and one Harold Hurcourt In his
cell hurst into tears.
"At last," ho repeated to himself.
“At last!”
But his hoped for release did not
come at ones. He wns told ho would
have to wait till the party had landed
In New York.
Meanwhile, aboard the enchant"d
yacht, ns Betty still called It, Hack
leye was winning new friends for him
self. In spite of the suspicion that
hung over him Betty could not help
hut like him, and the boys admitted
that he seemed to be a very square fel
low.
The old Cure dozed over his bre
viary continually, the children romped
with City Editor Burton, who was a
more ridiculous excuse for a lion than
ever, Betty and I-arry made up for lost
time In love-making, and Johnny and
Le Malheureux held high converse In
the laboratory and battery room. Be
fore they mine to Cairo Johnny wns as
chock full of electrical phrases as the
X-ray machine of sparks. He gave an
electrical clinic every time you went
near him, and everybody aboard, from
Tyoga, In her neat little electrical
kitchen, and Benonl and Meta, sitting
astern In silent communion, sped away
from Johnny and his newly acquired
knowledge.
Hackleye was the only
lonely one aboard. He spent most of
his time In a steamer chair, gazing at
the sky line In the day time and at
the stars at night. As they neared
Cairo he became even more diffident
and subdued.
His house at Cairo was a well set
up home, furnished In an odd combi
nation of oriental and occidental modes,
and stood a little apart from the city.
The children were rot well. Walter's
hip was bothering him. and It was
agreed that It would he better to rest
a week at Cairo Instead of Immediately
setting out for America and England.
Into the house walked Johnny one
day. At the door he met Benonl.
"Where's Hackleye?" he asked.
"In tus rooms," pointed BenonL
jo.inny followed him down the hall.
“Benonl,” he urged, “ why don't you
loosen up and tell us about this?
There’s a big Injustice being done
somewhere, and It isn't right. Why
don't you help us out. You've been a
big man, as big Inside as you are out.
We know that. Your fidelity to the
Wayne family has shown Itself In a
thousand ways. Let us get this all
cleared up; If a nest of crime exists
why can't we get at It and kill it be
fore any more Innocent people suffer
from It. There's Mrs. Desterle, she
never did anything to any of these peo
ple."
"She’s dead,” Interrupted Benonl. “I
got some dispatches this morning."
"Poor woman," said Johnny, 'what
else did you get. Benonl?"
“ Nothing, except that Harcourt Is
still In Jail, that his wife has recovered
her health, and some think she is g o
ing to divorce him. They say he has
confessed to having loved Cerisse
W ayne!"
"W hut?” shouted Johnny. “I must go
tell Larry. Oh, for a newspaper," he
sighed for the ten thousandth time.
"Go up and tulk to Hackleye," said
Benonl. "He may be glad to see you."
"Benonl," Johnny said, gravely, "I
don't believe he killed his wife. If It
hadn’t been that with my own eyes I
saw Hackleye enter that bedroom
where Cerisse Wayne was found deal,
since you say Harcourt has confessed
to having loved her, I'd say that Har
court killed her. Those two garters I
found, too, one in the Wayne room,
and the other in Hackleye’» home, bore
the monograms 'II.' That’s Harcourt’»
initials, too, you see.”
“Go talk to Hackleye, why don't
you?” repeated Benonl, and Johnny
climbed the stairway with his head as
fiery within as It was without, from
insistent seeking that wound up only
in blind alleys.
(To oe continued.)
THE BURR CONSPIRACY.
Story o f A tte m p t to F o u n d a G reat
E m p i r e W e s t o f M I mm I sm I p p I.
Both Burr and Hamilton were well
known men in politics and a difference
having sprung up, Burr challenged
Hamilton to a duel, which was fougnt
in Hoboken, July 11, 1804, and Ham.l-
ton was killed at the first fire. I.mme-
diately upon the close of his term of
office as vice president, Burr started
on an expedition to the Mississippi val
ley to work up among the people of
that locality his scheme for establish
ing an Independent republic west of
the Mississippi. He found a number of
citizens and some government officials
reauy to fall in with his plans and
there seems little doubt that for a time
James Wilkinson, general-in-chief of
the army and Governor of Louisiana
territory, was Inclined favorably to
ward the scheme. Probably this was
because he was not aware of Its extent
and enormity at first, for, later, he
made every effort to thwart the plan,
and it was through his information
that the attention of the government
was called to Burr's plots.
In November, 1806, Burr was arrest
ed and summoned before a grand Jury
at Frankfort, Ky., but no bill was
found against him, owing to difficulty
in procuring witnesses, and he was re
leased, and his friends celebrated his
triumph with a grand ball. But mean
while President Jefferson had commis
sioned Graham, the secretary of the
Orleans territory, to investigate the
reports about Burr, and immediately
afterward he issued a proclamation
against “ an unlawful scheme set on
foot for invading the Spanish domin
ions.” Graham, securing from Legis
latures of Ohio and Kentucky the
requisite authority seized a number of
boats on the Muskingum and Ohio
Rivers which Burr had fitted out for
his expedition. Burr, hearing of —ess
seizures, made his escape to the west
shore of the Mississippi, but a body of
militia was sent, under the President's
proclamation, to arrest him. He had
previously had all his cases of arms
thrown into the river, and therefore
assumed the pretense of utter inno
cence of any hostile intentions, de
manding that he and all those with
him should be searched, and his boats
exanrftied for evidence of his revolu
tionary designs. As nothing of the
sort was found a strong sentiment lu
his favor was aroused. He was brought
before the Supreme Court of the terri
tory, but the grand Jury not only re
fused to bring any indictment against
him, but presented charges against the
government for calling out the militia
to arrest him.
Burr, now free, resolved to disband
all his followers and leave the coun
try. But before he could accomplish
this he was again arrested. An indict
ment for high treason was found
against hint by the grand jury of the
district of Virginia. He was charged
with levying war, by the collection of
armed men, within the dominion of
Virginia. He was also charged with
concocting a scheme for the overthrow
of the national authority in the We it
em States and territories. As there was
not sufficient evidence against him.
however, on his trial, he was acquit
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND
PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE
BANDON'S MILL WORKING.
LIVESTOCK FAIR IN FALL.
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T e a t.
<• r n m I o k I c a I .
Portland—At a meeting held by the
officers of the Portland Fair & Live
stock association it was announced that
the $25,000, guarantee had been sub
scribed and that a race meet and live
stock show, the greatest in the city’s
history, will be held this fall in Port
land.
A few weeks ago there was talk of
dissolving the association and disposing
of its large holdings on the east side
known as the country club, but the
talk has resulted in a stronger organ
ization, with a more ambitious pur
pose than ever.
E. L. Thompson, who was one of
the committee to raise the guaratee
fund, stated that the forthcoming race
meet will be something that will draw
perhaps fully as many people as the
Rose Festival, especially with the live
stock thrown in for good measure.
“ We will have some of the best
horses in the country and there will
be other attractions that will be bound
to draw and please.
The stores will
close one week day during the life of
the show, and that will give everybody
a chance to attend.
Dam on
Deschutes
Half Com pleted
Bend — Work on the power dam
across the Deschutes has made great
progress during the last few weeks,
the final filling of rock being about
half completed. The course of the riv
er has been almost entirely diverted
from the main channel into the spill
way.
The dam, a solid rock fill, is 250 feet
in length and 18 feet high, and will
raise the water 14 feet when the spill
ways are closed.
The spillway con
struction consists of a rock-filled crib
with 12x12 inch timbers, bolted to
solid rock foundation, and is 250 feet
long. Five gates have been installed
in the spillway, two of which will be
connected by a flume with a 50-inch
turbine wheel with 210-horse power
capacity, which will be employed for
generating electricity until the rail
road’s advent makes practicable the
completion of the big permanent power
plant.
Tourists to Crater Lake.
Klamath Falls — The steamer Kla
math has been launched.
The boat
has been on the ways for two weeks
undergoing repairs. The boat has been
taken to Shippington, where new tubes
will be placed in the boiler and the en
tire woodwork will be repainted and
renovated. A dining room will be fit
ted up for the accommodation of tour
ists who will go to Crater lake this
summer, as the steamer will be used
between the Upper lake wharf and the
Agency landing, where it will be met
by automobiles for a direct run.
Recent Rain Great Help to
Forests
about 4,500 over the mountains, mak
ing a total o f 17,000 sheep, for which
he will pay Wallowa county growers
more than $105,000.
The price paid
was $4.60
per head for ewes and
$2.75 and $3 for young wethers.
Sheep shearing has been in progress
for about a week in the upper valley,
and will continue until about July 1.
She— How far can your ancestry b*
Big Berry Dryer Ready.
traced?
Brooks The largest dryer ever built
He— Well, when my grandfather r*
signed his position as cashier of a to exclusively handle loganberries has
county bank they traced him as far as been completed by Aspinwali brothers
here. This dryer is a wonder of its
China, but he got away.
kind and is an indication of the profit
that may be derived from the produc
tion of this lusqjous berry. Aspinwali
"Did he tell the whole truth?"
"Practically. He told the truth with brothers have 25 acres set with the
a hole just large enough for him to vines ami they expect to harvest the
largest crop this year that they ever
crawl out of It."—Puck.
picked.
V a ried
A
F orm u la .
T rrlm s
T im a.
"Which of these pretty babies la
yours. W rs. De Style?"
"I could not aay right off. You eee.
I always get my auree mixed up with
Mr. La Mode'*."— Baltimore American
Washington, D. C. — There were
more than 11 billion messages, or
“ talks,” over the telephone in the
United States in 1907, an increase of
124.3 per cent over the approximately
5 billion
similar conversations re
ported in 1902, according to estimates
presented in theJCensusjbureau's report,
now on the press, on the census of the
physical equipment, service,
and
financial operations of the commercial,
mutual, and independent rural tele
phone lines for 1907.
Other large increases are conspicu
ously apparent.
In 1907 the total
number of systems and lines was 22,-
971, as compared with 9,136 in 1902,
an increase of 151.4 per cent.
The
miles of wire in 1907 were 12,999,369,
an increase of 165.3 per cent over 4,-
900,451 in 1902.
The salaried em
ployees in 1907 numbered 25,298, as
compared with 14,142 in 1902, the per
cent of increase being 79.1. The sal
aries in 1907 amounted to $19,298,432,
as against $9,885,886 in 1902; a gain
of 95,2 per cenL The average number
of wage earners in 1907 was 118,971,
El Paso, Texas— With the national
elections a week off and the muttering
against the administration of Presi
dent Diaz louder than they have ever
been before, and with outlaws terror
izing the state of Vera Cruz, killing
men and women, burning buildings and
tearing up railroad tracks, Mexico is
in a state of turmoil.
Already, one
American, Norman Lawler, manager
of the Monte Pio plantation has been
killed by the bandits, who are contin
uing their ravages upon the state in
open defiance of the authorities.
Following the murder o f the Ameri
as against 6,628 in 1902, an increase
of 83.9 per cent. The wages paid in
1907 amounted to $48,980,704, as com
pared with $26,369,735 in 1902; a gain
of 85.7 per cent.
The capital stock
and funded debt outstanding in 1907
was $814,616,004 while in 1902 it was
$348,031,058, an increase o f 134.1 per
cent. The income in 1907 was $184,-
461,747 as compared with $86,825,536
in 1902; a gain of 112.5 per cent. The
operating expenses and fixed charges,
except interest on funded debt, in
1907, amounted to $128,486,196, as
against $61,652,823 in 1902; an in
crease of 108.4 per cent. The inter
est on the funded debt in 1907 amount
ed to $12,316,109 as compared with
$3,511,48 in 1902, the per cent of in
crease being 250.7.
Between 1902 and 1907 there was an
addition of 8,098,918 miles of wire for
the use of the telephone systems of the
country, as compared with an increase
of 25,611 in the mileage of owned and
leased wire for the use of commercial
telegraph systems.
can, the Twenty-ninth regiment o f in
fantry was ordered out from Vera
Cruz, but the outlaws find plenty o f
hiding places in the rough hills and the
soldiers have been unable to even catch
up with them.
After the killing of Lawler, the rob
bers ravaged the plantation and have
repeated the performance at several
other establishments, although so far
as is known Lawler is the only Ameri
can who has fallen a victim to the ban
dits’ thirst for ■ blood and gold. Sev
eral natives have been ruthlessly slain.
While the feeble and [ineffectual at
tempts are being made to protect Vera
Cruz from the outlaws. President Diaz
and his administrative aides are mak
ing one of the strongest fights of their
political lives.
Those opposed to Diaz bitterly com
plain that his administrtion is persecu
ting those who held opposite political
beliefs, arresting and imprisoning op
posing candidates. These charges are
increasing the dissatisfaction of the
people.
CHICAGO MERCURY M O U N TS.
M ORSE G O O D S T O BE SO LD .
Total
Wallowa—The lumber industry of
Wallowa is daily becoming a more im
portant factor in the growth of the
town. From a paltry shipment of 22
cars in the last 12 months, the expor
tation promises to reach nearly 20,-
000,000 feet during the coming year.
Twelve sawmills are running full
blast within a radius of 11 miles of
this city and all are marketing their
product here, the bulk of it being pur
chased by the Nibley-Mimnaugh Lum
ber company and the Bear Creek Lum
ber company. The daily cut of these
12 sawmills is averaging very close to
200.000 feet.
The largest mill, that of the Nibley-
Maimnaugh Lumber company, while in
operation for the first time this sea
son, is cutting about 50,000 feet every
day; the Bear Creek Lumber company
is sawing in the ¡neighborhood of 40,-
000 feet daily; four other mills are
each averaging over 20,000 feet daily,
and the other mills are sawing from
5.000 to 15,000 feet, according to crew
and capacity of the mill.
The three
largest mills expect materially to in
crease their output within the next few
weeks.
In order to make the most o f their
product, the Nihley-Mimnaugeh Lum
ber company will have in operation
about July 1, one of the finest planing
mills and box factories in Eastern Ore
gon. It will occupy a floor space of
60x120, exclusive of the lumber sheds
and power house. It will contain all
modern machinery for the surfacing of
lumber and the making of boxes.
Robbers Take Advantage of
Politicai Turmoil.
National Elections Approaching and
Opposition to Diaz Regime Rap
idly Gains Headway,
Plans Big Cherry Celebration.
ise one thing."
"What's that?"
Sheep Shearing In Wallowa.
"That you'll swear off letting th%
Wallowa—Forty-two cars of sheep
furnace fire go out In my absence."—• were shipped from this county by Ox-
Detroit Free Press.
man, of Durkee. He will also drive
fo r
MEXICANS KILL
AND PLUNDER
Big Guarantee Fund Has Been Raised
Cove—Cove citizens are preparing
by Portland Association.
for the first annual cherry show which
Portland — District Forester Chap
man states that the recent rainfall is
of immense value in temporarily re
ducing the fire hazard to the forests of
Western Oregon and Washington. The
unusually dry weather preceding this
ted.
rain hHd mnde the fire danger much
greater than is ordinarily the case at
Vp t o H er.
this season. Mr. Chapman states that
"I want you to give up swearing, the various agencies for the suppres
said his wife.
sion of forest fires are closely co
"That will be easy if you'll prone operating to reduce the season’ s loss.
Miss Bronx—Are you going to speak
to father to-night?
Mr. Harlem Why to-night?
Miss Bronx—The football seasot
closed yesterday, and I'm afraid yov
soon will be out of training.—Judge.
Estimated Number Given in Census
Bureau's Report fo r 1907,
DOZEN MILLS BUSY.
General Superintendent Closes Great Year's Cut in Wallowa Will
2 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 Feet.
Task—Will Take Vacation.
Marshfield.— M. F. Logan, the gen
eral superintendent of the George W.
Moore Lumber company at Bandon,
passed through here on his way to Chi
cago. Mr. Logan has just completed
his work on the company’s new mill
and will take a vacation of several
weeks. The new plant has just been
started. The old mill was destroyed
by fire in August, 1909.
Mr. Logan was superintendent at
that time and remained with the com
pany, and with the assistance of George
W. Moore, of Port Huron, Mich., the
president of the company, he designed
the new mill.
The new plant is second to none on
the Coast as to modern equipment and
convenience of arrangement, and the
machinery is ail first class.
The equipment arrangement is a
great economy of labor and time, and
three men can operate the entire work
of the resaw, handling an average of
better than 30,000 feet of lumber a
day.
The building is so constructed that
it is fireproof throughout.
There is
arranged a standard fire protection sys
tem, with a tank holding 50,000 gal
lons of salt water, and there is also a
sprinkling system to use fresh water.
The plant started out at once manu
facturing 80,000 feet of lumber a day.
The capacity will be increased at once
to 125,000 feet a day.
The steamers
Bandon and Fifield are engaged in car
rying the output of the mill to San
Francisco.
ELEVEN BILLION M ESSAGES.
Brick Block at Willamina.
Wiliamina—J. B. Shetterly has be
gun the erection of a brick building
50x70 feet in the business center of
Willamina.
This will be the first
brick structure in the town.
will be held when the ripening fruit is
at its best. The cherry crop will not
be quite as heavy as last year, when
Cove was one of the few districts that
boasted of bumper crops, but the grade
of fruit will be better and it will ma
ture much earlier.
About 300 pickers will be needed in
Cove alone this year for a period of
three weeks to care for the fruit.
Trout for Umatilla Streams.
Pendleton— Followers of Isaac Wal
ton in Umatilla county are rejoicing
over the information just received by
Secretary Cranston of the local anglers’
association that 20,000 young trout
will soon be sent to this place for
planting in various streams throughout
the county. They are of the Eastern
brook variety. The trout will be dis
tributed as follows:
Birch creek,
3,000; Camas bridge and Cable creeks,
7,000; Umatilla river, 3,000; Mea-
cham creek, 3,000; McKay creek, 2,-
000; Bear creek, 2,000.
Indian Lands Change Hands.
Pendleton— Another 120 acres of In
dian land has passed from the hands of
the red men into the possession of the
white man and will go toward increas
ing the tax roll o f Umatilla county.
Eighty acres has just been sold to John
Crow at $76 per acre and 40 acres to
L. L. Mann for $55 per acre.
This
was heirship land. Two other tracts
comprising 200 acres of land and lying
near Athena, will soon be offered for
sale by the Indian agent.
Clearing River Channel.
Bandon—C. A. Dolph, the diver, is
at work sounding the river and
blasting out the rocks that stick up
in the channel and obstruct navigation.
In some places in the river where the
water is 16 to 18 feet deep, these
rocks have been sticking up far enough
to hit the bottom of a vessel when go
ing out loaded.
PORTLAND
M ARKETS.
Horses
Effort to Raise Money With Which to
Get Release From Prison.
Chicago.—Seven persons dead, a
score prostrated in hospitals, dogs go
ing mad in the streets and horses drop
ping from exhaustion and a tempera
ture of 90 degrees were the features of
the second day of the hot wave which
is wilting Chicago.
Starting at 71 degrees in the morn
ing, the mercury climbed rapidly and
death and suffering followed. At noon
the teperature had reached 88 and at
2 o’ clock it touched the 90 mark.
Dogs afflicted by the heat attacked
seven persons, who will be treated at
the Pasteur institute to guard against
rabies. In tenement districts women
and children sought in vain for refuge
from the stifling heat.
In many dis
tricts children ran about almost nude.
Thousands flocked to the lake and
parks.
New York City—The entire contents
of the Chares W. Morse residence at
172 Fifth avenue are to be sold at auc
tion.
The fittings of the house are Mrs.
Morse's personal property, which she
is going to sell to obtain money with
which to fight for the release of her
husband, who is serving a term in the
Federal prison at Atlanta.
They include rugs, furniture of every
description, silver and hangings. Also
there will be included in the sale a
considerable amount of jewelry belong
ing to Mrs. Morse, including pear]
necklaces, gold toilet articles, etc. A
rough guess at the value o f the goods
to be sold puts it at $200,000. Mrs.
Morse is at present in Washington, on
her way home from Atlanta.
People Die, D ogs G o Mad,
Fall in the Streets.
Wheat—Track prices; Bluectem, 81
@82c; club, 78c; red Rudssian, 76c;
valley, 80c.
Barley— Feed and brewing, $19(W 20
per ton.
Com— Whole, $32; cracked, $33 ton.
Hay—Track prices: Timothy, Wil
lamette valley, $20(1/21 per ton; East
ern Oregon, $22(fi124; alfalfa, $15@16;
grain hay, $17(1)118.
Oats— No. 1 white, $25.50 per ton.
Loss o f Life Frightful.
Green Fruits— Apples, Oregon New
Vienna.—The destruction of life and
town, $2 per box; cherries, 5(lil2c per property by floods throughout Hungary
pound; apricots, $1.25(11)1.35 per box; exceeds all records.
The number of
peaches, $1.25 per box; plums, $1(1/ deaths has not been ascertained, but it
1.25; gooseberries, 5@6c pound; cur is believed they will aggregate 1, 000.
rants, $2 per box.
The damage done to crops and property
Berries— Strawberries, $1.50(171.65 will amount to several million kronen.
per crate; blackberries, 90c@ $l; rasp The entire harvest is threatened with
berries, $1.65(1/1.75; loganberries, $1
destruftion. In the Kronstadt district
@1.25; blackcaps, $2 per box.
300 bodies have been recovered. In
Vegetables— Artichokes, 60(1/75c per the Moldava district 100 persons per
dozen; asparagus, $12.5@2 per box; ished as the result of the sudden col
cabbage, 2 ' 4(1/2 ^ c per pound; cauli lapse of houses, and in the Temesvar
flower, $2 per dozen; head lettuce, 50 district 180 persons have been drowned.
@60c per dozen; hothouse lettuce, 50c
@$1 per box; green onions, 15c per
Prince's Train in Fire.
dozen; peas, 45i5c pound; peppers, 20c;
St. Paul.—The Oriental Limited, the
radishes, 15<l/20c dozen; spinach, 8(o
10c pound; rutabagas, $1.25(1)1.50 fast Burlintgon train from Chicago to
sack; carrots, 85c@ $l; beets, $1.50; St. Paul, carrying Prince Fushima,
cousin of the emperor of Japan, and
parsnips, 7oc@ l.
Potatoes— Old Oregon, 60@75c per Princess Fushima, sped out onto the
hundred; new California, 1 Tt(<i2c per bridge which spans the Wisconsin river
while the structure was burning. The
pound.
Onions—Bermuda, $1.50(1)11.75 per fire was not discovered until too late to
stop and the engineer then kept on
crate; red, $2(» 2.22 per sack.
Butter—City creamery, extras, 29c; j steam until his train had run the
fancy outside creamery, 28(l)29c; per I gauntlet. Then he applied the brakes
pound; store, 20(1)23c.
Butter fat and members of the train crew put out
prices average 1 SjC per pound under; the fire. The train arrived in St. Paul
two hours late.
regular butter prices.
Eggs— Oregon candled, 26@27c per j
Brookins Flies Highest.
dozen.
Indianapolis— Walter Brookins, in a
Pork— Fancy, l l l*@12c per pound.
Wright biplane, broke the world’s
Veal—Fancy, 10 @ llc, per pound.
aeroplane record for altitude here when
Lambs— Choice, 8@ l l c per pound.
Poultry—Hens, 16c; broilers, 22(v@ j he soared to a height o f 4,503 feet, ac
24c; ducks, 14(o20c; geese, ll@ 1 4 c; cording to the measurements of the al
turkeys, live,
20c; dressed, 25c; timeter. His motor stopped as he was
descending and he made a glide of two
squab«, $3 per dozen.
Cattle— Beef steers, good to choice, | miles, landing easily in a wheat field.
California, $5.75(1) 5.90: good to choice, i Brookins started at the Indianapolis
Eastern Oregon and valley, $5.600) 575; i speedway and, flying in wide circles,
fair to medium, $4.50of4.75; cows and; reached his highest altitude 40 min
heifers, good to choice. $4.25@4.80; utes later.
fair to medium, $3.5007.4,75; bulls, $3 I
Weston's Record Beaten,
@ 4 ; stags, $3.50@5; calves, light, !
$5.75oi6.75; heavy, $4di:6.
Chicago.—“ Honest” John Ennis,
Hogs—Top, $9.500)9.75; fair to me who hopes to lower Edward Pavson
dium, $8.400)9.15; fair to medium
Weston’s ocean-to-orean record from
Sheep— Best wethers, $4.500i5; fair 105 to 100 days delivered a*letter from
to good wethers, $40)4.25; best ewes, Mayor Gaynor, of New York, to Mayor
$40)4.50; lamb«, choice, $5.50@6; Busse, of this city, a day ahead of
lambs, fair, $4.75@5.25.
Weston’s schedule.
Heat Kills Four M ore.
Chicago— Four deaths, making 11 in
all, directly due to the heat wave that
is holding sweltering Chicago have
been reported to Coroner Hoffman and
12 more prostrations occurred in the
streets and on elevated trains. A heavy
downpour of rain brought temporary
relief and in its wake a cooling breeze
sprang up, but it soon died. The
weather bureau announced that the
heat wave was broken but there is no
abatement of temperature.
Chinese Fear Sacrifice.
Victoria, B. C.— An anti-foreign out
break is anticipated in Yunan in West
ern China, according to advices just re
ceived from Shanghai. Following the
recent rioting at Chaoting, which was
suppressed and the leaders executed, a
rumor was started that in order to pre
vent further accidents on the new
railroad being built there, it had been
found necessary to sacrifice to the god
of railroads a large number of boys
and girls. Some reports had it that
hundreds would be required to sacrifice,
one report being 1,200 were needed.
Probation Law Is Urged.
Chicago — Ex-Senator William E.
Mason will leave Chicago in a few days
for Washington, where he intends to
urge before congress the passage o f a
probation law, a draft of which has
been prepared by the National proba
tion league, of which Mr. Mason is
president. The bill gives all United
States courts having jurisdiction of
criminal or quasi-criminal cases power
to suspend sentence and place on pro
bation any person found guilty before
them, whenever a court finds the wel
fare of society is promoted thereby.
Burden Placed on Corea.
Victoria, B. C.— Four new divisions
of the Japanese army are to be raised
by General Terauchi, war minister,
following his appointment as resident
general in Corea. It is estimated that
the annual cost of maintenance of this
force will be $6,000,000 to be borne by
Corea.