THE QUICKENING ! M FRANCIS L Y N D E )oings of the World at Large Told in BrieL m m ■ Copyright, 1906, by Franc!» Lyndo CURRENT EVENTS OF THE WEEK was edging him past the others on ms bench and out Into the aisle with the mourners who were crowding the space in front of the pulpit platform. At the turn he heard hls mother's low-mur­ mured "I thank Thee, O God!” and saw the grim, set smile on hls fath­ er's face. Then he fell on hls knee» on the rough-hewn floor, with the tall countalneer called William Layne on hls right, and on hls left a young girl from the choir who was sobbing softly in her handkerchief. To hls new young life after that *f seemed but a step to June, the queen of the months In the valleys of Ten­ Jeneral Resume o f Important Events nessee. The revival converts of Little Presented in Condensed Form Zoar had the pick and choice of all the Sundays of the year for the day fo r Our Busy Readers. of their baptizing. , The font was of great nature’s own providing, us was the mighty temple housing it—a clear pool In the creek, Encouraging weather reports indi­ with the green-walled aisles In the cate that crops will be better than had June forest leading down to it, and been expected. the blue arch of the flawless June sky President T a ft receives visitors three for a dome resplendent. All Paradise was there to see and days a week only, reserving the others hear and bear witness, as a matter of for recreation and rest. course; and there were not wanting United States has protested against farm-wagon loads from the great val­ ley and from the Pine Knob high­ injury to American property in Nicara­ lands. Major Dabney was among the gua by Madriz soldiers. onlookers, sitting hls clean-limbed The famous Best & Belcher mine, Hambletonian, and twisting his huge white moustaches until they stood out one o f the famous Comstock group, of like strange and flerce-looking horns. Nevada, was destroyed by fire. Also, In the outer ranks of skepticism, Trouble between the Catholic church Major Dabney’s foreman and horse- and Spanish government has been tem­ trader, Japheth Pettlgrass, found a place. On the opposite bank of the porarily averted and permanent peace stream were the few negroes owning overtures are being made. Major Dabney now as “ Majah Boss,” Officers o f a Jap warship in the har­ as some of them—most of them, in bor o f Shimidz, Japan, refused to aid fact—had once owned him as "Maws- tuh Majah” ; and mingling freely with an American steamer in distress, and them were the laborers, white and who had asked for assistance. black, from the Gordon iron-furnace. A San Francisco man paid $2,065 Thomas Jefferson brought up mem­ for a special car from New York to ories from that solemn rite administer­ San Francisco in order that his pet dog ed so simply and yet so impresslelv under the June sky, with the many- might ride with him instead of in the pointing forest spires to lift the soul to baggage car. heights ecstatic. One was the singing Over 40,000 Knights Templar were of the choir, minimized and made ce­ in the parade of that order in Chicago. lestially sweet by the lack of bounding walls and roof. Another was the sight One was caught between street cars of hls father’s face, with the grim and killed, and another badly injured smile gone, and the steadfast eyes by being thrown and dragged by his gravely tolerant as he—Thomas Jeffer­ horse. son—was going down Into the water. A 150-pound sturgeon in Niagara A third—and this might easily become the most lasting of all—was the mem­ river leaped at the headlight of a mo­ ory of how his mother clasped him in tor boat and landed in the boat, where her arms as he came up out of the his struggles disabled the engine, and water, all wet and dripping as he was, the launch narrowly escaped going and sobbed over him as if her heart over the falls. would break. Spain fears the Carlists and Cleri­ (T o be continued.) cals are working together. M m S T O R Y of vast scope and power, begin­ ning with the weird experience of a strug­ gling soul among the working classes of the moonshiners and the old aristocracy of the reconstructed South— this is the locale of the wonderful serial now presented. “ The Quickening” is truly a remarkable literary production. Its main motive is in touch and sympathy with those complex questions of sectional prejudices and new industrial prog­ ress which are interesting every thinker in the country. It will be a life like experience to the reader to trace the career of Thomas Jefferson Gordon, the hero, from an humble beginning through the grades of mental develop­ ment to a point where all the sentient elements of his na­ ture are called upon to meet a climax such as tries the souls of great men. It will be a pleasing revelation to study the destiny of the peerless Ardea, the heroine of this sterling romance, whose love is the guiding star of “ the Young Captain of Industry. ” There are scenes of strife, plotting and peril thnt are more than interesting— they are thrilling in their details and educational as demonstrating the power and fervor of men fighting for principle and right. Not many recent stories have even approximated the intense interest, the inherent merit of theme and purpose shown in “T h e Quickening.” DIAMONDS AND PROSPERITY. CH APTER i. The revival In Paradise Valley, con­ ducted by the Reverend Silas Crafts, of South Tredegar, was In the middle of Its second week, and the field to use Brother Crafts' own word—was white to the harvest. Little Zoar, the square, weather- tinged wooden church at the head of the valley, built upon land donated to the denomination in times long past by an Impenitent but generous Major Dabney, stood a little way back from the pike In a grove of young pines. By half-past six of the June evening the revivalist’s congregation had begun to assemble. Those who came farthest were first on the ground; and by the tlmo 12- year-old Thomas Jefferson, spatting barefooted up the dusty pike, had reached the church-house with the key, there was a goodly sprinkling of un­ hitched teams in the grove, the horses champing their feed noisily In the wag­ on-boxes, and the people gathering In little neighborhood knots to discuss gravely the one topic uppermost In all minds—the present outpouring of grace on Paradise Valley and the region roundabout. "D'ye reckon the Elder’ll make It this time with his brother-in-law?” asked a tall, flat-chested mountaineer from the Pine Knob uplands. "Samantha Parkins, she allows that Caleb has done sinned away his day o' grace,” said another Pine Knobber, "but I ain't goln’ that far. Caleb’s a sight like the Iron he makes in that old furnace o’ his’n—honest and even- grained, and Just as good for plow- potnts and the like as It Is for soap- kitties. But hot 'r cold, It’s just the sume, ye cay n’t change hit, and ye cayn’t change him.” "That’s about right,” said a third. **It looks to me like Caleb done sot his stakes where he’s goln’ to run the fur­ row. If livin’ a dozen years and mo* with such a sancterfled woman as Mar­ tha (Jordon won’t make out to toll a man up to the pearly gates. I allow the’ ain’t no preacher goln’ to do It.” “ Well, now; maybe that’s the rea­ son,” drawled Japheth Pettlgrass, the only unmarried man In the small cir­ cle of listeners; but he waa promptly put down by the tall mountaineer. "Hold on thar, Japhe Pettlgrass! I allow' th’ ain’t no dyed-ln-the-wool hawsH-trader like you goln’ to stand up and say anything ag’inst Marthy Gordon while I’m a-listenin’. I’m rec­ ollectin’ right now the time when she sot up day and night for more ’n a week with my Malviny.” Thomas Jefferson had opened the church-house doors and windows and was out among the unhitched teams looking for Scrap Pendry, who had been one of a score to go forward for prayers the night before. So It hap­ pened that he overheard the flat-chest- sd mountaineer’s tribute to his moth­ er. It warmed him generously; but there was a boyish scowl for Japheth Pettlgrass. What had the horse-trader been saying to make It needful for Bill Layne to speak up as his mother’s de­ fender? Thomas Jefferson recorded a black mark «gainst Pettlgrass’ name, and went on to search for Scrap. “ What you hbllng for?” he deinand- td. when the newly-made convert was discovered skulking In the dusky shad­ ows of the pines beyond the farthest outlying wagon. "I ain’t hidin’," was the half-deflatu answer. "Come on out where the folks are, urged Thomas Jeffrrson. "Slni Can trell and the other fellows are allowin’ you’re afeard.” "I ain’t afeard,” denied the convert. "No; but you’re sort o’ ’shamed, and that’s about the same thing, I reckon. Come on out; I’ll go ’long with you.” Then spake the new-born love In the heart of the big, rough, country boy. "I cayn’t onderstand how you can hold out, Tom-Jeff. I’ve eobe thoo’, praise the I^ord! but I Jest natchelly got to have stars for my crown. You say you'll go 'long with me, Tom-Jeff: say It ag’ln, and mean I t ” It was admitted on all sides that Brother Crafts was a powerful preach­ er. Other men had wrestled mightily In Zoar, but none to such heart-shak­ ing purpose. When he expatiated in the ineffable glories of Heaven and the Joys of the redeemed, which was not too often, the reflection of the ce­ lestial effulgences could be seen rip­ pling like sunshine on the sea of faces spreading away from the shore of fh* pulpit steps. When he spoke of hell and Its terrors, which was frequently and with thrilling descriptive, even so hardened a scoffer as Japheth I ’ettl grass was wont to declare that you could hear the crackling of the flam-ts and the cries of the doomed. The hush that remained unbroken till he announced his text in a voice that rang like an alarm-bell pealed in the dead of night. There are voices and voices, but only now and then one which Is pitched In the key of the spheral harmonies. When the Rever­ end Silas hurled out the Baptist’» words, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand! the responsive thrill from the packed benches was like the sympathetic vibration of harpstrings answering a trumpet blast. He passed from pleading to denun­ ciation. The sotting of The Great White Throne and the awf j ! terrors of the Judgment Day were depleted In words that fell from the thin lips like t!.e sentence of an Inexorable Judge. " ’Depart from me, ye cursed. Into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels!’ ” he thundered, and a shudder run through the crowded church as If an earthquake had shaken the valley. "There Is your end, Impeni­ tent soul; and. alas! for you, it Is only the beginning of a fearful eternity! I'liink of It, you who have time to think of everything but the salvation of your souls, your sins, and the awful doom which Is awaiting you! Think of It, you who nre throwing your lives away in the pleasures of this world; you who have broken God’s commands; you who have stolen when you thought no eye was on you; you who have so often committed murder In your hating hearts! Think not that you will be suffered to escape! Every servant • f the most high God who has ever de- clured His message to you will he there to denounce you: I, Silas Crafts, will meet you at the judgment-seat of Christ to bear my witness ugulnst you!” A man. red-faced and with the de­ mon of the cup of trembling peering from under his shaggy eyebrows, rose unsteadily from his seat on the bench nearest the door. *” Sh! he’s fetched Tike Bryerson!” flew the whisper from lip to ear; hut the man with the trembling madness In his eyes was hacking toward the door. Suddenly ho stooped and rose again with a backwoodsman’s rifle In his hands, and his voice sheared the breathless silence like the snarl of a wild beast at bay. “ No, by Jai'ks, ye won’t witness ag’inst me, Silus Crafts; ye’ll be dead!” The crack of the rifle went with the words, and at the flash of the piece the man sprang backward through the doorway and was gone. Happily, he hail been too drunk or too tremulous to shoot straight. The preacher was un­ hurt, and he was quick to quell the rising tumult and to turn the Incident to good account. “There went the arrow of conviction quivering to the heart of a murderer!” he cried, dominating the commotion with hls marvelous voice. “ Come back here, Japheth Pettlgrass; and you, William Layne: God Almighty will deal with that poor sinner In Hls own way. For him, for every Impenitent soul here to-night, the hour has struck. ‘Now Is the accepted time; now is the day of salvation.’ While we are singing, ‘Just as I am, without one plea,’ let the doors of divine mercy stand opened wide, and let every hard heart be soft­ ened. Come, ye disconsolate; coin« forward to the mercy-seat as we sing." The old. soul-moving, revival hymn was lifted In a triumphant burst of sound, and Thomas Jefferson’s heart began to pound like a trip-hammer. Was this hls call—hls one last chance to enter the nrk of safety? Just there was the pinch. A saying of Japheth Pettlgrass’, overheard In Hargis' store on the first day of the meetings, flick­ ed Into hls mind and stuck there: lilt’s scare, first, last, and all the time, with Brother Silas. He knows mighty well that a good hunch o’ hickories, that'll bring the blood every cut, beats a augur kittle out o' sight when It comes to fillin’ the anxious seat” Was it really hls call? Or was he only scared? The 12-year-o’d brain grappled hardily with the problem which has thrown many an older wreatler. This he knew: that while he had been lis­ tening with outward ears to the rest­ less champing and stamping of the horses among the pines, but with his inmost soul to the burning words cf hls uncle, the preacher, a great fear had laid hold of him—a fear mightier than desire or shame, or love or ha­ tred, or any spring of action known to him. It was lifting him to hls feot; It Phenom enon o f K n l.ln n P ric e , n n I in i i e r l N h n b l c P r o d u c t . toi Among the most Important of the world’s diamond mines are those ol the Premier Diamond Company in the Pretoria district of the Transvaal. A comparison of the sales of that com pany is not a bad guide to the world’s prosperity, in 1U00 the diamonds sold realized £1,277,739. In 1907 there was a drop of nearly 17 per cent in the sales to £1,064,595. There was some recovery in the following year, but in the year ended Oct. 30, 1909, the saiet had risen to £1,412,928. No doubt wt were the buyers of a good many oi these ornaments, the Wall Street Jour nal says, but there seems to have been a fairly world wide demand. The figures show how instantly the luxury market felt the crisis and alsc how little disposed we are to save, even with so recent a lesson In mind The figures before us give not the slightest indication of any desire to curb extravagance. The diamond pro ducers are selling us more of their preposterously useless product than they were in the boom year 1906. The diamond is the actor’s strongbox, the bookmaker’s savings bank. It is a channel for Investment as well as adornment, as most people acquainted with the seamy side of life are well aware. A good deaf of value can be stored In a very small compass and a taHte which Is Intellectually not eisen tlally higher than the Zulu bead ban gle or the Papuan nosering has some sort of excuse. It will be remembered that In 1907 we saw some Important failures in Malden lane; but even these arose not from Insolvency so much as from in­ ability to realize stock for which the market had suddenly become very con traded. The market for diamonds Is one of the miracles of human affairs The price Is sustained In defiance ol all the reasoning of the economist People who bought diamonds ten years ago, mocking the counsel of the wise, have a demoralizing profit on their in vestment. And apparently nothing produced could have a market position more unsound. The diamonds offer­ ed for sale nre not only competing with the rest of the current year's out­ put, but with all the dinmonds that have ever been found. They are Im­ perishable, and. strictly speaking, there Is no consumption. It is Impossible to estimate how long an apparently Impossible condi­ tion can last. It Is rendered doubly absurd from the fact that the output of the mines Is strictly limited by agreement between the diamond com panies. while the quantity of diamond elay In sight seems tlllmttable. All these considerations nnd more would make a conservative man feel that If the diamond Itself were Imperishable Its value might crumble away In a night. Apparently our people do not think so, for there Is no Indication so far that 1910 will see any reduction I d the demand. A 1'n lqn p Speech. T a ft has ordered a vigorous fight to reclaim title to valuable Indian lands. It is said that T a ft and Roosevelt are in perfect accord on the question of direct primaries. Over 30 society men and women were arrested in a raid on a gambling house at Narragansett Pier. A second venire o f 100 men has been exhausted in the Lorimer bribery case without securing a single jurior. Thirteen were killed and many in­ jured in a head-on collision between a fast passenger and a work train in California. A deer swimming the Columbia river was lassoed from a launch and captur­ ed, and w ill be presented to the Port­ land city park. Stevedores, cleaners and painters o f the Hamburg-American steamship line will go on strike. Eight thousand me­ chanics o f the company are already out. John D. Rockefeller was summoned to appear in a police court for speeding his auto. A fte r accepting service of the warrant he sent the constable home in a carriage. A horse fell hind feet first into a large manhole of an underground con­ duit in Cincinnati, and his struggles short-circuited electric wires to such an extent as to stop down-town traffic. The captain of a lumber schooner in the Everglades swamps in Florida was forced to leave his vessel to escape the swarms o f mosquitoes. His negro crew did not mind them and staid by the boat. Cuba faces a crisis in her political affairs. Chinese and Portuguese forces have captured the pirate city of Colowan, island of Macao. Mine “ tailings” worth $1 to the ton in gold have been used to lay ce­ ment walks in Jacksonville, Ore. A Missouri convict says he can solve all numerical equations by logarithms, and demands a pardon for his discov­ ery. A 5-year-old boy in Chicago was badly injured by a thoroughbred game rooster. He was unconscious when rescued. Nine persons were injured, two of them perhaps fatally, in a runaway of a picnic wagon near Oswego, Ore. A P P L E S $ 1 0 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 0 A YE A R . W estern M en M ake Big Predictions fo r N orthw est C ountry. Chicago— “ While apples are not yet the principal products of Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana, those who are familiar with the unrivaled cli­ matic and soil and other conditions believe the time is near when the apple yields o f the four states will be worth $100,000,000 a year and the cul ture of the king o f fruit w ill be the chief industry.” H. L. Moody, a member o f the cham her o f commerce and other organiza­ tions in Spokane, Wash., said this in an address on “ Apple Culture and Irri­ gation in the Northwest,” at the first meeting o f the Chicago Irrigation association at the La Salle hotel in Chicago the evening o f July 28. Judge Charles F. Fishback was toastmaster. Mr. Moody added, among other things: “ Federal and state engineers say in reports to their respective departments there are approximately 200,000,000 “ The speech of that departing sen ator Is said to have been unique, al A noted Japanese historian predicts most unparalleled In the annals of the war with America as absolutely cer­ senate.” tain. ” 1 heard it," remarked Senator Wom­ A pleasure yacht at Santa Crux, Cal., bat. "It was unique. He didn’t want is missing with 20 young people on anything."— Pittsburg Poet. board. N o T i m e to Spnre. Government agents find evidence of "Yes. I do most of my work at night wholesale liquor traffic with Indians on now.“ Jelitx reservation. "What's the reason?” Ex-President Zelaya, o f Nicaragua, "Why, I'm a Wlleylte and cook m> food four hours, and being a Fletcher is held to be an active supporter o f the tte It takes me three hours to eat."— revolutionary movement. Senator Gore o f Oklahoma, claims Cleveland Plain Dealer. he was offered $25,000 to $50,000 to A patent has been granted a Minns put certain legislation through con- sota man on a sleigh provided with gTess. wheels that can be lowered so as to The Japanese expedition to the rslse the runners from the ground South Foie, which was to have started should Its driver find a road bare of this moQth, has been postponed for snow. tack of funda. A Montana stage driver is under ar­ Me who knows mankind humors them: he who has not that knowledge rest for horse stealing and his w ife is thwarts them: It Is wise to humor and driving :n his place, so as not to de­ lay the mails. not thwart mankind.—Scuder*. M U C H IN S U R A N C E .W R IT T E N . N O S M U T IN A T H E N A W H E A T Report Show s Phenomenal G row th o f Insurance Business. U m atilla G rain Yield Averages 3 5 to 6 0 Bushels to A cre. Salem— S. A. Kozer, insurance com- missionler has completed his first com prehensive report o f all the insurance companies doing busineesss in Oregon It is the annual report o f the depart­ ment arid covers the period between March 1, 1909, and when the office was created, to December 31, 1909. It shows a phenomenal increase o f legiti­ mate insurance business in Oregon since the enactment o f the law in 1909 creating the office o f insurance com missioner. The report contains a statement of the total risks written, gross premiums received, premiums returned, losses paid and net premiums for taxation of all authorized companies and associa­ tions, both domestic and foreign, for the year ending December 31. It con­ tains a statement showing the aggre gate insurance business transacted within the state since 1896 and the amount of taxes and license fees. It also contains a synopsis o f the general annual statements of all companies au­ thorized to transact business in this state. The total fire risks written last year in Oregon, according to this report, equaled $202,897,923, o f which $177,- 192,856 were written by stock com­ panies and $25,705,067 by mutual com­ panies. There were during the period 82 stock fire insurance companies writing risks in Oregon and 12 mutual companies. Athena— Harvest in this vicinity is progressing very rapidly, and with 60 combines and 10 stationary outfits at work in the county, in two more weeks the greater part of the grain will be in the sack. The yield here this year ranges from 35 to 60 bushels per acre. Some wheat is being hauled already into the various warehouses, and ac­ cording to B. B. Richards, local agent for the Puget Sound warehouse com­ pany, the wheat is testing from 60 to 62, and less smut in it than in any previous year. The best o f wheat weather has pre­ vailed in Umatilla county throughout this season. The combine seems to be the favorite reaper. Almost every farmer either has interest in a com­ bine or has one o f his own. A ll the wheatgrowers say they find it saves 50 per cent over the header and thresher. POW ER DEAL A B O U T C L O S E D H. L. MOODY. acres o f undeveloped arable lands in the United States west o f the 98th meridian, and men versed in agricul­ ture'assert that under proper cultiva­ tion this area could be made to produce between 4,000,000,000 and 4,500,000,- 000 bushels of wheat yearly, or other crops in proportion. The settlement of these lands would mean homes for not less than 20,000,000 population and a source o f added food supply, and, as consequence, permanent prosperity. "Th e four Northwestern states con­ tain 253,894,760 acres. Less than 5 per cent o f this land is occupied by farms and the total population is not more than 3,000,000, in an area of 397,700 square miles. More than 50,- 000,000 acres o f this land is adapted to irrigation. Planted to apples and properly watered the minimum crop at maturity would be a matter of 20,000,- 000,000 bushels, or about 40 per cent of the total crop o f the United States in 1909, when less than 23,000,000 bar­ rels of apples were harvested. ‘ I mention these facts merely to show the possibilities o f the country as proof that, as gold was the strong magnet which sent the first American across the continent to the California coast in 1849, so today the apple is at­ tracting thousands upon thousands more people from Eastern, Middle Western and Southern states to the great orchard belts of the Northwest. “ The apple is king throughout the vast Northwestern domain, and it is conceded by pomological experts that no district in America stands higher in fruit production. With increased transportation facilities and the steady influx of settlers, the early attempts in the valleys and uplands have become more pretentious and systematic. Irri­ gation plants have been established by private individuals and corporations, and the United States government is expending enormous sums in reclaim­ ing the volcanic wastes which are so wonderfully rich and fertile and so pe­ culiarly adapted to raising unblem­ ished fruits. Apples grown in Washington, Ore­ gon, Idaho and Montana are in demand in the Eastern and Middle Western states and in Europe and Australia, and the markets are being extended year by year. Experts in the East who have studied conditions in the North­ west frequently refer to these states as ‘ the world’s fruit basket,’ adding there has been established in a com­ paratively short time a domain where the first foot o f soil, properly cultivat­ ed and irrigated, is worth more than all the mines from Alaska to Mexico and all the forests from the United States boundary to the Arctic sea.” The royal family of Italy has con­ Italy is A fte r C h arlto n . sented to the marriage o f the Duke of New York— Porter Charlton will not Abruzzi to Miss Catherine Elkins, escape returning to Italy to answer for daugher o f Senator Elkins. the confessed murder o f his wife. A spontaneous explosion in a corn Mary Scott Castle Charlton, at Lake products manufacturing plant at Gran­ Como, without a legal battle. This ite City, III., wrecked the building and was made plain by Gustav Dirosa, the killed two men and badly injured seven Italian vice consul, who told Prosecutor others. Garvin in Jersey City, where Charl­ The lighthouse keeper at a point ton is in prison, that his government above Vancouver, B. C., by making was “ going to get Charlton.” “ He three trips in his lifeboat, saved the shall not escape trial in Italy if we can passengers and crew of a small excur­ help it .” The vice consul inquired sion boat which went on the rocks in whether the prosecutor intended to a fog. have alienists examine Charlton. The American Federation of Labor has endorsed the platform o f Socialism at a meeting held in Chicago. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE California Gets Tw o Fairs. San Diego, Cal.— California is as­ sured o f two exposition? to celebrate the opening of the Panama canal in 1915. Voters o f San Diego, at a mu­ nicipal election Aguust 9, decided to issue $1,000,000 in bonds for improve­ ment o f the city park, already selected as the exposition site, and for the con­ struction of permanent buildings to constitute the nucleus o f the fair. This is regarded as a ratification o f the agreement reached by representative? of San Francisco and San Diego in con­ ference at Washington last May. Death Comes With Riches. Salmon City, Idaho — Crushed to death by a fall o f rock, the body of John Doyle was found by a party of prospectors northwest o f this city. Doyle was working alone and the fall of rock show that he had just struck a rich lead o f gold-copper ore. It i? not known how long he had been lying dead among his newly discovered rich­ es, as it was by chance that his body was found. Doyle had been prospect­ ing in this district for many years. J. L. Blaisdell Plans Im provem ents on M yrtle C re e k Plant Myrtle Creek— Negotiations for the purchase o f the electric light and pow­ er plant o f the Myrtle Creek Water, Ligh t & Milling company by J. L. Blaisdell, o f Portland, have been al­ most completed. Electricity w ill be supplied to Myrtle Creek and Riddle. This is the beginning o f the covering o f the entire Umpqua valley with elec­ tric transmission lines. Special atten­ tion w ill be paid to the farmers if they wish power for pumping water for ir­ rigation. A 24-hour service will be inaugurated. This plant will be a temporary one, and will be replaced by a transformer substation. A ll the small gasoline, steam and water power plants w ill be eliminated and replaced by transformer substations, which will be supplied by a modern hydro-electric plant which will be located on one o f the rivers in the county. The wires w ill be strung on high steel towers placed from five to 10 to a mile. The transmission will be 100,000 volts at the beginning and 150,000 volts when conditions demand. Steps have already been taken towards se­ curing a powersite on one o f the rivers. Mr. Blaisdell was at Riddle recently looking over the town. Ask fo r W a te r Right. Redmond — The Odin Falls Power company at the last meeting of the council, submitted an ordinance asking for a franchise to furnish the city with water, light and power. The company proposes to generate its power at Odin Falls, on the Deschutes river, and transmit the power and pipe the water to this city. The Crook County Water, Ligh t & Power company o f this city, has also asked for a franchise to put in water works, light and power. This company has a project at Cline Falls, four miles from the city, that they are developing. W A L N U T IN D U S T R Y . S ecretary o f M cM innville Club M ak e Long Journey. to McMinnville— The walnut industry o f Oregon is to be exploited by a ser­ ies of lectures illustrated by about 60 stereopticon photo slides, by Colonel J. C. Cooper, secretary o f the McMinn­ ville Commercial club. Mr. Cooper w ill deliver his first illustrated lecture at Eugene, and later in the week will start East under the direction o f the Southern Pacific advertising bureau, his first stop after leaving Oregon being at Cheyenne, Wyoming. He will be routed as far East as Washington, D. C., and will visit and lecture at as many o f the government experimental stations as can be reached along the course of his travels, with a view to interesting Eastern people with the rapidly grow­ ing importance o f walnut culture in this section o f the state. Secretary at Umatilla Project, Hermiston— Edward C. Finney, sec­ retary to the secretary o f the interior, was at Hermiston one day this week. He looked over the Umatilla project and conferred with the settlers. The people wish to have the seepage ques­ tion taken up, also they want the gov­ ernment to give the city the 40 acres west of Hermiston, which is a butte, to be used for a reservoir site and also a cemetery. Mr. Finney seemed well pleased with the Umatilla project and states that he can see where we w ill soon have a fine country. Yamhill Fair List Out. McMinnville— The prize list for the forthcoming Yamhill County School fair, to be held September 20 to 25, has been published by the directors, and comprises liberal cash awards for all classes o f agricultural and floral products exhibited by the children, as well as prizes for their mechanical skill, and culinary products and sewing and darning. Sharp competition is al­ so invited between the school districts for the best decorated booths. Blast Away “ Troy Hill.” Enterprise— The “ Troy hill,” rising from the canyon in which Troy, of this county, is situated, is being blasted out to facilitate travel, the wagon road originally was one o f the most difficult of travel in the county. The hill around which the road winds is 1,500 feet high. The road was about three miles in length up this incline, and so narrow in places that teams could not pass. PO RTLAND M ARKETS. Wheat — Bluestem, 966698c; club, 886; 90c; red Russian, 88c; valley, 92c; forty fold, 92c; Turkey red, 926; 93c. Barley— Feed and brewing, $24.50 per ton. Hay— Track prices: Timothy, W il­ lamette valley, $186619 per ton; East­ ern Oregon, $20; 75c per be made $709.87 richer because Charles Scheller died, leaving no heirs and no dozen; beans, 3665c per pound; cab­ will. The state will also own a watch bage, 2,144c; cauliflower, $1.50 per valued at $10, this being all the prop­ dozen; celery, 90c; com, 25c; cucum­ erty left in the estate after the pay­ bers, 50c per box; egg plant, 12}£c per ment o f expenses. Suit to declare the pound; green onions, 15c per dozen; money and watch escheated to the peas, 5c per pound; peppers, 50c per state was entered in the Circuit court box; radishes, 156; 20c per dozen; to­ by District Attorney Cameron against matoes, 65c6;$l per box; carrots, $1(3! R. R. Northrup, administrator. Schel­ 1.25 per sack; beets, $1.60; parsnips, $161.1.25; turnips, $1. ler died on September 1, 1909. Potatoes— New, $1.15661.25 per hun­ dred; sweet potatoes, 5c per pound. N ew Industry at Beaverton. Onions — Walla Walla, $2.50 per Beaverton— The plant of the Beaver­ sack; Oregon, $2662.25. ton Clay Manufacturing company has Butter— City creamery, solid pack, begun operations. The erection of 34c per pound; butter fat, 34c; coun­ buildings and the placing o f machinery try store, 24c. has been in progress for several Eggs— Oregon candled, 26^(327>ic months. The manufacture o f tile will per dozen. begin about the middle o f the month. Poultry — Hens, 17c per pound; A large force will be employed and the springs, 17c; ducks, 146; 15c; geese, new industry will mean much for 10(311 4 c; turkeys, live, 186f20c; Beaverton. dressed, 22>*