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W h y Mr. D u x b u r y F a r l e y » p a r e d th e
I r o n - m a a l t r In t h » f r s e s l n g - o u t p r o c e s s
w a s a n unaolved riddle to m any. B u t
t h e r e w e r e r e a s o n s . F o r one, t h e r e wa»
t h e le a s e o f t h e co al la n d s , r e n e w a b l e
y e a r b y y e a r — t h i s w a s C a l e b ’s o w n
h o n e s t p r o v i s i o n I n s e r t e d In t h e c o n ­
t r a c t f o r t h e M a j o r 's p r o t e c t i o n — a n d
r e n e w a b l e o n ly b y t h e M a j o r ’s frien d .
F u rth e r, a p ra c tic a l m a n a t th e p r a c ti­
c a l e n d o f a n I n d u s t r y is a s h e e r n e ­
ce s sity ; a n d by c o n triv in g to
have
h o n e s t C a le b a s s o c i a t e d w i t h h i m s e l f
In t h e r e c e i v e r s h i p , a fine c o lo r o f u p ­
rig h tn e s s w as I m p a rte d to th e p r o m o t ­
e r 's f a r - r e a c h i n g p l a n of a g g r a n d i s e ­
m ent.
So, l a t e r , w h e n t h e r e o r g a n i z a t i o n
w a s effected; w hen th e troublesom e,
d i v i d e n d - h u n g r y s t o c k h o l d e r s o f th e
o r i g i n a l c o m p a n y w e r e e l i m i n a t e d by
d u e p r o c e s s o f law , C a l e b 's n a m e a p ­
p e a r e d on th e F a r le y sla te w ith th e t i ­
t le o f g e n e r a l m a n a g e r of t h e n e w c o m ­
p a n y — f o r t h e s a m e g o o d a n d s u fficien t
reasons.
I t w a s d u r i n g t h » f e r v i d s i* m o n t h s
of C h la w a s s e e Coal a n d Iron d e v e lo p ­
m ent
th at
Thomas
Jefferson
had
p a s s e d f r o m t h e old life t o t h e n e w —
f r o m o h l l d h o o d t o bo y h o o d .
S im u ltan eo u sly th ere w ere th e co al­
m in es opening u n d e r th e
cliffs
of
M o u n t I . e b a n o n , t h e lo ng, d o u b l e r o w
o f c o k i n g - o v e n s b u i l d i n g o n t h e flat
b e lo w t h e f u r n a c e , a n d t h e f u r n a c e I t ­
self ta k in g on u n d r e a m e d - o f m a g n i ­
t u d e s u n d e r t h e h a n d s o f t h e a r m y of
w orkm en.
T h o m a s Je fferso n did his
b e s t t o k e e p t h e p a c e , b e i n g d r i v e n by
a n s w a n d e a g e r t h i r s t fo r k n o w l e d g e
m e c h a n i c a l , a n d o f a g r i p p i n g d e s i r e to
be p r e s e n t a t all t h » a s s e m b l i n g o f all
th e co m p licated p a r t s of th e threefold
m a c h i n e . A n d w h e n h e f o u n d It I m ­
p o s s i b l e t o be In t h r e e p l a c e s a t o n e
a n d t h e e a r n s m o m e n t . It d i s t r e s s e d
h im to tears.
O f t h e h o m e Ilfs d u r i n g t h a t s t r e n u ­
o u s i n t e r v a l t h e r e w a s l i t t le m o r e t h n n
t h e e a t i n g a n d s l e e p i n g fo r o n e w h o s o
t i m e f o r t h e a b s o r b e n t p r o c e s s w a s all
to o l i m ite d . Also, t h e p e r p l e x i n g q u e s ­
t i o n s r e a c h i n g d o w n I n to t h e u n d e r ­
so u l of t h i n g s w e r e s i l e n t Also, a g a i n
— m a r k o f a c h a n g e so r a d i c a l t h a t
non» b u t a T h o m a s Jefferson m ay read
a n d u n d e r s t a n d —a n a w e - i n s p i r i n g M a ­
j o r D a b n e y h a d c e a s e d t o b e t h * first
c i t i z e n o f t h e w o rld , t h a t p i n n a c l e bo-
In g n o w o c c u p i e d b y a tall, sa llo w ,
s m o o t h - f a c e d g e n t l e m a n , p e r s u a s i v e of
s p e e c h a n d s u p e r h u m a n In a c c o m p l i s h ­
m e n t , w h o w a s t h e life a n d so u l o f th e
activities, a n d w hom his f a th e r and
m o th e r a lw a y s a d d r e s s e d resp ec tfu lly
a s ’’C o l o n e l ” F a r l e y .
O n e d a y . In t h e v e r y h e a t o f t h e
battle, this co m m a n d in g personage, at
w hose word th e e n tir e world of P a r a ­
d ise w a s In t r a v a i l , h a d d e i g n e d to
s p e a k d i r e c t l y t o h i m —T h o m a s J e f f e r ­
so n . I t w a s a t t h e m i n e o n t h e m o u n ­
t a i n . T h e w o r k m e n w e r e b o l t i n g Inta
p l a c e t h o final t r e s t l e o f t h e In clin ed
r a i l w a y w h i c h w a s to c o n v e y t h e co al
in d e s c e n d i n g e a r l o a d s t o t h e b i n s a t
th e coke-ovens, a n d T h o m a s Jefferson
w a s a b s o r b i n g t h e d e t a i l s a s a d ry
sp o n g s so aks w ater.
" M a k i n g s u r e t h a t t h e y do It J u s t
r i g h t , a r e you, m y bo y T ” s a i d th » g r e a t
m an , p a ttin g him a p p ro v in g ly on the
s h o u l d e r . “T h a t ’s good. I lik e to see
a boy a n x i o u s t o g e t t o t h e b o t t o m of
things.
D o i n g t o be a n I r o n - m a s t a r ,
like y o u r fath er, a r e y o u ? ”
" N - n o , " s t a m m e r e d t h e boy. "1 w i s h !
I w as!"
"W ell, w h a t ' s t o p r e v e n t ?
W e are
g o i n g t o h a v e t h e c o m p l e t e s t p l a n t In
t h e c o u n t r y r i g h t h e r e , a n d It will be a
fine c h a n c e f o r y o u r f a t h e r ’s s o n ; t h e
fin est In t h e w o r ld ."
“ ' T a l n ’t g o l n ’ to d o m e a n y good,"
s a i d T h o m a s J e f f e r s o n , d e j e c t e d l y . "I
got to be a pre a c h e r."
Mr. D u x b u r y F a r l e y l o o k e d d o w n a t
n lm curiously. He w as a religious p e r ­
s o n h i m s e l f , c o m i n g t o be k n o w n n s a
p i l l a r I n . S t . M i c h a e l ’s C h u r c h a t S o u t h
T re d e g a r, a liberal c o n trib u to r, a n d a
p r i m e m o v e r In a p l a n to t e u r d o w n t h e
old b u i l d i n g a n d t o e r e c t a n e w o n e
m o r e In k e e p i n g w i t h t h e t i m e s an il
S o u th T re d e g a r's p rosperity.
Yet he
w a s c a r e f u l t o d r a w t h e li n e b e t w e e n
r e l i g io n a s a m e a n s of g r a c e a n d b u s i ­
n ess a s a m e a n s of m a k in g money.
" T h a t Is y o u r m o t h e r ' s w ish. I s u p ­
p o se ; a n d It's a w o r t h y o n e ; v e r y w o r ­
thy.
Yet. u n l e s s y o u h a v e a s p e c i a l
v o c a t i o n —b u t t h e r e ;
your
m othnr
d o u b t l e s s k n o w s b est. I a m o n ly a n x ­
io u s lo se e v o u r f a t h e r ' s so n s u c c e e d
In w h a t e v e r h e u n d e r t a k e s . "
A fter th at. T h o m a s Jefferson s e c r e t­
ly m a d s S u c c e s s h i s god. a n d
was
a l e r t l y r e a d y to f e t c h a n d c a r r y f o r
t h e h i g h p r i e s t In Its t e m p l e , o n ly t h e
o p p o r tu n itie s w ere Infrequent.
For. w id e a s t h e P a r a d i s e field s e e m ­
ed t o be g r o w i n g f r o m T h o m a s J e f f e r ­
s o n ' s p o i n t of view, It w a s a l t o g e t h e r
to o n a r r o w f o r D u x b u r y F a r l e y . T h e
p r i n c i p a l offices o f C h l a w a a s e e C o a l
a n d I ro n w e r e In S o u t h T r e d e g a r , a n d
t h e r e t h e f irs t v ice
p resident
was
b u ilding a h e w n - s to n e m ansion, a n d
h a d b e c o m e a c h a r t e r m e m b e r o f th e
c i t y 's firs t c l u b ; w a s d o m i c i l e d in d u e
f o rm , a n d w a s a l r e a d y b e g i n n i n g to
s o f t e n h i s final "r*s," a n d to s p e a k of
h i m s e l f a s a S o u t h e r n e r —b y a d o p t i o n
So sped the w in ter an d th e sp rin g
succeeding T h o m as
J e f f e r s o n 's
U th
b i r t h d a y , a n d fo r t h e firs t t i m e In his
life h e s a w t h e o p e n i n g b u d * o f t h e
Iro n w o o d a n d t h e t e n d e r , f r e s h g r e e n *
o f t h e h e r a l d p o p l a r s , a n d s m e ll e d t h e
sw e e t , k e e n f r a g r a n c e of a w a k e n i n g
n a tu re , w ith o u t b ein g m oved thereby.
A r d e a h s s a w o n l y n o w a n d t h e n , a*
old S c l p i o d r o v e h e r b a c k a n d f o r t h
b e t w e e n t h e m a n o r - h o u s e a n d t h e r a 'I -
w ay sta tio n , m o rn in g a n d e vening
lie
h a d h e a r d t h a t s h e w a s g o in g t o sc h o o l
In t h e city , a n d a s y e t t h e r e w e r e no
s t i r r i n g s o f a d o l e s c e n c e In h i m to m a k e
h i m w i s h t o k n o w m o re.
A s f o r N a n H r y e ra o n . h e s a w h e r n o t
a t alL F o r o n» t h i n g , h e c l i m b e d n o
m o re to th e sp rin g -sh elterin g a lta r
rock am o n g th e ced ars; an d for a n o t h ­
er, a m o n g all t h s w ild c r e a t u r e s o f t h e
m o u n t a i n , y o u r m o o n s h i n e r la t h e s h y ­
e s t , b e i n g a n a n a c h r o n i s m In a w o r l d
o f p r o g r e s s . O n * b it o f n ew s , h o w e v e r
flo ated In o n t h e g o s s i p a t L i t t l e Z o a r
It related t h a t N a n 's m o th e r w as dead
a n d t h a t t h s b o d y h a d lain t w o d n > s
u n b u r l e d w h i l e T l k s w a s d r o w n i n g h is
s o r r o w In a se a o f h i s o w n " p t n s - t o p . "
Vaguely It h a d b e e n u n d e r s t o o d In
th* O o r d o n h o u s e h o l d t h a t Mr. D u x ­
bury F a r l e y w a s a w i d o w e r w i t h t w o
children; a boy. s o m e y e a r s o l d e r t h e n
T h o m a s J e f f e r s o n , at sc h o o l In N e w
England, and a girl y o u n g e r , n a m e a n d
Mac* ef sojourn unknown.
The boy
w as co m in g S o u th for th e long v a c a ­
tion, a n d t h e a f f a i r s o f t h e C h l a w a s s e e
C o a l a n d I r o n —a l r e a d y r e a c h i n g o u t
su b te rra n e o u s ly to w a rd th e fu tu re r e ­
c e i v e r s h i p — w o u ld call t h e f i rs t
vie«
p r e sid e n t N o rth for the b e tte r portion
o f J u l y . W o u l d Mrs. M a r t h a t a k e p i t y
o n a m o t h e r l e s s lad, w h o s e h e a l t h w a s
n o n e of t h e b est, a n d o p e n h e r h o m e to
V incent?
M rs. M a r t h a w o u l d a n d d i d ; n o t u n ­
g r u d g in g ly on th e vice p re s id e n t's a c ­
c o u n t , b u t w i t h m a n y m i s g i v i n g s on
T h o m a s J e f f e r s o n 's .
S h e w a s fi n d in g
the su rc h a rg e d In d u strial a tm o sp h e re
of the n ew e ra Inimical a t every point
to t h e d e v e l o p m e n t o f t h s s p i r i t u a l p a s ­
sio n s h e h a d s t r i v e n t o a r o u s e in h e r
son; to p a v in g th e w ay for th e r e a liz ­
in g of t h a t Ideal w h i c h h a d f irs t t a k e n
f o rm w h e n s h e h a d w r i t t e n " R e v e r e n d
T h o m a s J e f f e r s o n G o r d o n " on t h e m a r ­
g in of t h e l e t t e r t o h e r b r o t h e r Silas.
A s It fell o u t, t h e w o r s t h a p p e n e d
t h a t c o u ld h a p p e n , c o n s i d e r i n g t h e a p ­
p a r e n t h a r m l e s s n e s s of t h e e x c i t i n g
ca u s e . V i n c e n t F a r l e y p r o v e d t o b e t n
a n e m i c s t r i p l i n g , cold, r e s e r v e d , w i t h
no s u r f a c e I n d i c a t i o n s of m o r a l d e p r a v ­
ity, a n d w i t h a t l e a s t a v e n e e r o f good
breeding.
H u t in T h o m a s J e f f e r s o n 's
h e a r t h e p l a n t e d t h e se ed of d l s c o n te n i
w ith his su rro u n d in g s, w ith the h o m e ­
ly old h o u s e on t h e pike, u n c h a n g e d a*
yet by th e risin g tide of p rosperity, a n d
m o r e t h a n all, w i t h t h e p r o s p e c t o f b e ­
c o m i n g a c h o s e n ves sel.
I t w a s o f n o u s e to h a r k b a c k t o t h e
revival a n d the h e a r t- q u a k in g e x p e r i­
ences of a y e a r agone. T h o m a s J e ff e r ­
so n t r ie d , b u t all t h a t s e e m e d to b elo n g
to a n o t h e r w o r l d a n d
another
life.
W h a t h e c r a v e d n o w w a s to be like t h i s
e n v i e d a n d e n v i a b l e so n of g o o d f o r ­
tune, who wore his S u n d a y s u it every
d ay , c a r r i e d a b e a u t i f u l g o ld w a t c h , a n d
w a s coolly a n d c o m p l a c e n t l y a t ease,
even w ith M a jo r D abney a n d a f o r e ig n -
born a n d tra v e le d Ardea.
L a t e r In t h e s u m m e r t h e e n v y died
d o w n a n d T h o m a s J e f f e r s o n d e v e lo p e d
a pronounced case of
h e ro -w o rsh ip ,
s o m e t h i n g t o t h e d i s g u s t o f t h e co l d o r -
h e a r t e d , o l d e r boy. It d id n o t l a s t v er y
long, n o t d id it l e a v e a n y p e r m a n e n t
sc a rs; b u t before T h o m a s
Jeffersjn
w a s fu lly c o n v a l e s c e n t t h e s u b t l e flat-
to r y of h i s a d u l a t i o n w a r m e d t h * s u b ­
j e c t o f It I n to s o m e t h i n g like c o m p a n ­
i o n sh ip , a n d
there
w ere b rag g in g
s t o r i e s o f b o a r d i n g - s c h o o l Ilf* a n d of
t h e w o rld a t l a r g e to a d d f r e s h f u el to
t h e fire o f d i s c o n t e n t .
T h o u g h T h o m a s J e f f e r s o n d id
not
k n o w it, h i s d e l i v e r a n c e o n t h a t s id e
w a s n ig h .
I t h a d b een d e c i d e d t h i t
ho w a s to b e s e n t a w a y to schoo l, C h l a -
w assce Coal a n d Iron pro m is in g h a n d ­
s o m e ly to w a r r a n t t h e e x p e n s e ; a n d
t h e d e r i s i o n h u n g o n l y on t h e ch o ic e
o f c o u r s e s to be p u r s u e d .
C aleb h ad m a r k e d th e g ro w in g h u n ­
g e r f o r t e c h n i c a l k n o w l e d g e In t h e boy.
a n d h a d s e c r e t l y g l o r ie d tn It. H e r " ,
a t le a s t, w a s a s t r o n g s t r e a m o f h is
o w n c r a f t s m a n ' s blood flow ing In t h e
v e i n s of h is son.
" I t 'd be a t h o u s a n d p i t i e s to sp o il u
g o o d Iron m a n a n d e n g i n e e r to m a k e a
poor p re a rh e r, M a rth a," he objected;
t h i s for t h e t w e n t i e t h tim e , a n d w h en
th * a p p r o a c h o f a u t u m n w a s f o r c i n g
t h e c o n c lu s io n .
"I k n o w , C a l e b ; bou y o u d o n ’t u n d e r ­
s t a n d , ” w a s t h e I n v a r i a b l e r e j o i n d e r.
" Y o u k n o w t h a t s i d e o f h im , b e c a u s e
It's y o u r side. B u t h e is m y so n, too;
a n d — a n d , C a le b , t h e L o r d lias c alled
him !"
" H e ' s o n l y a l i t t le s h a v e r yet.
Let
h i m t r y t h e sc h o o l In t h e c i t y for a
y e a r ' r so, g o ln ' a n d cornin' on t h e r a l l -
r o u d s. n i g h t s a n d m o r n l n 's , like t h e
M a j o r ’s g r a n ' d a u g h t e r . A f t e r t h a t , we
■night see."
T h o m a s J e f f e r s o n to o k h is l a s t a f t e r ­
n o o n f o r a r a m b l e in t h e fields a n d
w o o d s b e y o n d t h e m a n o r - h o u s e . In t h a t
p a r t of t h e v a l l e y u s y e t u n f u r r o w e d
by t h e I n d u s t r i a l plow. It w a s n o t t h e
old love o f t h e s o l i t u d e s t h a t called
h i m ; It w a s r a t h e r a s o r e - h e a r t e d d e ­
s i r e to g o a p a r t a n d g i v e p l a c e to all
th o h a r d t h o u g h t s t h a t w e r e b u b b l i n g
a n d b o i l i n g w ith in .
A lo n g c i r c u i t o v e r th o b o u n d n r y hills
b r o u g h t h i m a t l e n g t h t o t h e li t t le g lad e
w i t h t h e pool in Its r e n t e r w h s r e he
h a d b e e n f i sh in g f o r p e r c h on t h a t d a y
w h e n A r d e a a n d t h e g r e a t d o g hud
c o m e to m a k e h i m b a c k s lid e . H e w o n ­
d e r e d If s h e h a d e v e r f o r g i v e n
h im
M o s t lik ely s h e h u d not.
She never
s e e m e d to t b l n k h i m g r e a t l y
w orth
w h ile w h e n t h e y h a p p e n e d t o m eet.
l i e w a s s i t t i n g on t h e o v e r h a n g i n g
hunk. Just w h ere he h ad s a t th a t o th e r
d ay , w h e n s u d d e n l y h i s t o r y r e p e a t e d
itself.
T h e r e w a s a r u s t l i n g In t h e
b u s h e s ; t h e G r e a t D a n e b o u n d e d out.
th o u g h t not a s before to s ta n d m e n ­
acing; and when he tu rn e d his head
sh e w a s t h e r e n e a r him .
"Oh, It's you, la I t?" s h e sa id, co o lly ;
a n d t h e n s h e c alled to t h e d o g a n d m u d *
a s If s h e w o u ld g o a w a y . H ut T h o m a s
J e f f e r s o n 's h e a r t w a s full, a n d
full
h e a r t s a r e soft.
" Y o u n e e d n ' t r u n , " h e h a s u r d o d . "I
r e c k o n I a i n ' t g o in g t o b i t e you.
I
d o n 't feel m u c h lik e b i t i n g a n y b o d y t o ­
day
I'm g o i n g to b e a p r e a c h e r . "
" Y o u ? " s h e sa id, w i t h t h e f r a n k a n d
u n s y m p a th e tic s u r p r is e of childhood
T h e n p o l i t e n e s s c a m e to t h e r e s c u e a n d
sh e a d d e d ; " I 'm s o r r y f o r t h a t . too. If
' ou a r e w a n t i n g m e t o l>*
O nly 1
sh o u l d t h i n k it w o u l d be fine to w e a r a
lo n g b l a c k r o b e a n d a p r e t t y w h i l e s u r ­
lier, a n d t o l e a r n t o s i n g Ih e p r a y e r s
b e a u t i f u l ly , a n d all t h a t . ”
T h o m a s Je fferson w as honestly h o r ­
rified. a n d h e l o o k ed I t
"I 'd like t o k n o w w h a t In t h e w o rld
y o u 'r e t a l k i n g a b o u t , " h e said.
“A bout y o u r being a m inister,
of
co u rse, t i n l y in F r a n c e t h e y call t h e m
p rie sts of th e ch u rch ."
T h e b o y 's lip s w e n t t o g e t h e r In a
fine s t r a i g h t line. N o t f o r n o t h i n g did
t h e b lood o f m a n y g e n e r a t i o n s of P r o t ­
e s t a n t s flow In h i s v e i n * " P r i e s t " w a s
a P o p i s h w ord.
" T h e P o p e o f R o m e Is a n t i c h r i s t ! " he
declared, a u th o rita tiv e ly ,
b h e s e e m e d o n ly p o lite ly I n t e re s t e d .
"Is h e ? I d id n 't know ," T h en , w ith
a ta c tf u ln e s s w o rth y of g r a v e r years,
she d rew a w a y from th e d a n g e ro u s
topic. " W h e n a r e y o u g o i n g ? "
"T o-m orrow ."
" I s It f a r ? "
" Y e s ; I t 's a n a w f u l l o n g w a y s . "
" N e v e r m i n d ; y o u 'l l b e c o m i n g b a c k
a f t e r a w h ile, a n d t h e n w e'll b e f r i e n d s
—If y o u w a n t to ."
" I 'm m i g h t y g l a d . " h e s a i d
T h e n he
g o t up. " W ill y o u let m e s h o w y o u t h e
w a y h o m e a g a i n ? — t h e s h o r t , e a s y way.
t h i s t i m e ."
S h e h e sita te d • m om ent, a n d th e« I
s t o o d u p a n d g a v e h i m h e r rtsnfl.
“I 'm n o t a f r a i d o f y o u n o w ; w e d o n t
h a t e h i m a n y m o re, d o we, H e c t o r ? "
A n d so t h e y w e n t t o g e t h e r t h r o u g h
th * y e l l o w i n g a i s l e s o f t h s S e p t e m b e r
w o o d a n d a c r o s s t h e fields t o t h * m a n ­
o r - h o u s e gates.
C H A P T E R VIII.
T o m G o r d o n — T h o m a s Jefferson now
o n ly In h i s m o t h e r ' s l e t t e r s — w a s p a s t
15, a n d h i s v o ice w a s In t h s t r a n s i t i o n
s t a g e w h lo h m a d e h i m b l u s h l n g l y s e lf-
con scio u s w hen he ran up th s w indow -
s h a d e In t h o P u l l m a n t o w a t c h fo r th *
e a r l i e s t m o r n i n g o u t l i n i n g o f ol d L e b ­
a n o n o n t h e s o u t h e r n h o rizo n .
H o m e s ic k n e ss r e tu r n e d w ith renew ed
q u a l m s w h e n t h e t r a i n h a d d o u b l e d th *
n o s* o f I ^ l m n o n a n d t h r e a d e d Its w a y
a m o n g t h e hills to t h e P a r a d i s e p o r ­
tal. G o r d o n t a , o f t h e s i n g l e s i d e - t r a c k ,
h a d g r o w n In to a s m a l l Iro n t o w n , w i t h
th e C h la w a ss e e p la n t flanking a good
h a lf-m ile of th e r a ilw a y ; w ith a cln-
d e r y s t r e e t o r tw o , a n d a s c u m m y w a v e
of o p e r a t i v e s ’ c o t t a g e s a n d
laborers'
s h a c k s s p r e a d i n g u p t h e h i llsid e s w h i c h
w ere str ip p e d b a re of th e ir trees a n d
undergrow th.
T o m ' s e y e s filled, a n d h e w a s w o n ­
d e r i n g f a i n t l y If t h e d e s o l a t i n g t i d e of
p r o g r e s s h a d t o p p e d t h e h ills to p o u r
o v e r i n t o t h e h o m e v a l l e y b ey o n d , w h e n
h i s f a t h e r a c c o s t e d h im . T h e r e w a s a
li t t le s h o c k a t t h e s i g h t o f t h e g rizzled
h a i r a n d b e a r d t u r n e d so m u c h g r a y e r ;
b u t t h e w e l c o m i n g w a s lik e a g r a t e f u l
d r a f t o f cool w a t e r in a p a r c h e d w i l d e r ­
nes s.
"W ell, n o w t h e n ! H o w a r e ye, B u d ­
d y b o y ? G r e a t l a n d o' C a n a a n ! b u t
y o u ’ve s h o t u p a n d
thick en ed
out
m i g h t i l y in t w o y e a r s , so n .”
T o m w a s p a i n f u l l y c o n s c i o u s of h i s
size.
A lso o f t h e f a c t t h a t h e w a s
c l u m s i l y In h i s o w n w a y , p a r t i c u l a r l y
a s t o h a n d s a n d feet. T h e s e c t a r i a n
sc h o o l d w e l t l i g h t l y o n a t h l e t i c s a n d
such purely m u n d a n e trivialities a s
p h y s i c a l f itn e s s a n d t h e h a r m o n i o u s
ed u catio n of the g r o w in g body a n d
lim bs.
" Y e s ; I ’m so b i g It m a k e s m e r i g h t
t i re d ," h e sa id , g r a v e l y , a n d h i s vo ice
c r a c k e d p r o v o k i n g l y in t h e m i d d l e of
It. T h e n h e a s k e d a b o u t h i s m o t h e r .
" S h e ’s t o l e r a b l e — o n ly t o l e r a b l e , B u d ­
dy. S h e a l l o w s s h e d o n ’t h a v e e n o u g h
to k e e p h e r d o i n ’ In t h e n e w ------ " C a ­
leb p u l l e d h i m s e l f u p a b r u p t l y a n d
c h a n g e d the s u b je c t w ith a ponderous
a t t e m p t a t levity. " W h a t - a l l h a v e y ou
d o n e w i t h y o u r t r u n k c h eck , s o n ? N o w
I'll b e t a h e n w o r t h fifty d o l l a r s y e 'v e
g o n e a n d lo s t it."
B u t T om had not; a n d w hen the lu g ­
g a g e w a s fo u n d t h e r e w a s a n o t h e r I n ­
n o v a t i o n to b u f fe t h im . T h e old b u g g y
w ith i ts h i g h s e a t h a d v a n i s h e d , a n d
In Its ro o m t h e r e w a s a m o d e r n s u r r e y
a n d a n e g r o d r i v e r . T o m lo o k ed a s k ­
an c e a t th e new equipage.
" C a n ’t w e m a k e o u t t o w alk , p a p p y ? "
h e a s k e d , d r o p p i n g u n c o n s c i o u s l y In to
the c h ild - tim e phrase.
"O h, y e s ; I r e c k o n w e cou ld. Y o u ’re
n o t to o y o u n g , a n d I 'm n o t so t e r r 'n , *
old. B u t — g e t In, B u d d y , g e t In; t h e r e 'l l
be t r u m p i n ’ e n o u g h f o r ye, all s u m m e r
lo n g .”
( T o be continued.)
IN THE NEW HARVARD.
L e c tu re on A it r n n o m r Is Inter*
r n p trd by I n fa n t P ro d ig ies.
"B efore p roceeding f u r th e r w ith th e
lecture," said th e professor of a s tro n ­
o m y a t H a r v a r d , a c c o r d i n g to L ife, " I
m u s t In sist t h a t th e s tu d e n ts lay asid e
t h e i r d o lls.
I c a n n o t p r e t e n d t o In­
s t r u c t th o se w ho do n ot pay a tte n tio n ,
a n d I w i s h t o r e m a r k t h a t t h e r e Is a
t i m e a n d a p la c e f o r p l a y i n g do lls, a s
well a s a r e p o s i t o r y fo r r a t t l e s .
“ Do n o t m a k e It n e c e s s a r y f o r m e
to be p e r s o n a l , H e r b e r t S y l v e s t e r L o w ­
ell.
T he m ere fact th a t you ar#
t e e t h i n g la n o e x c u s e fo r b i t i n g y o u r
t e e t h i n g r i n g t h a t l o u d a n d o b strep -
u o u s m a n n e r . Mr. H o l l y w o o d , w o u ld
you m in d s te p p in g Into th e hall and
t e l l i n g A l g e r n o n ' s n u r s e t o co m e In?
He h a s a n a tta c k of w h o o p in g cough
w h i c h is a n n o y i n g t h e e n t i r e class.
"To co n tin u e ;
U r a n u s Is, y o u w ill
observe, o n e of th e m o st I m p o rta n t
p l a n e t s In t h e c o n s t e l l a t i o n ; It h a s
------- T h e s e I n t e r r u p t i o n s a r e b e c o m ­
ing m ost an n o y in g !
H orace F letcher
A udubon, you m u s t e ith e r p u t aw ay
th a t g in g erb rea d
m a n o r leave th e
classroom .
No, M i l t o n H o r a t i o M e ek ­
er. y o u c a n n o t p l a y w i t h y o u r t i n e n ­
gine d u r in g th e le c tu re hour.
" B u t I can plain ly n o te th a t I a m
n o t g o i n g to be p e r m i t t e d t o p ro ceed ,
fo r t h a t m a r b l e g a m e b e t w e e n A u g u s ­
tu s E v erto n an d N ath an H ale H anson
h a s a b s o rb e d th e I n te r e s t of m ost of
m y a u d ito r s . H e n r y J a m e s , d o n 't you
know th a t m y nerves a re not accus­
tom ed to th e s c r a t c h i n g of y o u r sla te
p e n c i l ? S t o p It!
Ah, t h e r e g o e s t h e
f irs t bell.
One m om ent, please; I
h a v e o n e o r t w o a n n o u n c e m e n t s to
m ake.
" I r e g r e t to sa y t h a t Prof. Great-
head, who w as to h a v e ta lk e d w ith us
t o - m o r r o w o n t h e ‘C o s m i c C o n s c i o u s ­
n e s s o f t h e I n e v i t a b l e . ' Is 111 a n d will
not ap p ear. H is m a te rn a l p a re n t tele­
p h o n e d m e t h i s m o r n i n g t h a t h e Is
su fferin g fro m a slig h t a tta c k of c h ick ­
en -p o x a n d t h a t h i s n u r s e t h i n k s It
u n w i s e f o r h i m t o co m e .
I am re­
q u e s t e d f u r t h e r to a n n o u n c e t h a t t h e r e
will be a g a m e o f p o m - p o m - p u l l a w a y
f o r t h * s e n i o r s t h i s a f t e r n o o n In t h e
yard
T h e sch ed u led d e b a te betw een
t h e J u n i o r s a n d t h e J u n i o r l a w s will
be h e l d S a t u r d a y d e s p i t e t h e e p i d e m i c
of c h o lera In fa n tu m w hich h a s so u n ­
fo rtu n a te ly sp re a d am o n g th e stu d e n ts.
" I m u s t a s k t h e n u r s e s to c o m e
s i n g l e fils a n d t o a v o i d g e t t i n g t h e
p e r a m b u l a t o r w h e e l s e n t a n g l e d In e a c h
other.
I t I n t e r f e r e s w i t h t h e f a c i l i ty
of e g re ss
K indly avoid d ro p p in g m ilk
b o t t l e s u p o n t h e floor a n d se e t h a t all
r a t t l e s , d o l l s a n d t o y s a r e In t h * po*
se ssion of th e p r o p e r ow ner*."
A n O ld l l c n n t y H r r l p o .
T h e R o m a n p o et O v id g i v e s the fol­
l o w i n g r e e l ’,a- f o r o n e o f t h e eo m p o s i-
t l o n s t h e n In u s e a m o n g t h e l a d l e s to
I n c r e a s e t h e s m o o t h n e s s o f t h e i r akin
o r t o c o n s e r v e I t s d e l i c a c y : "Take the
b a r l e y of L i b y a a n d r e m o v e t h e chaff
a n d h u l l , t a k e a n e q u a l q u a n t i t y of
v e t c h o r o f b i t t e r v e t c h ; m i x the one
a n d t h e n t h e o t h e r w i t h e g g s , then dry
a n d g r i n d t h e w h o l e a n d w i t h It mix
pow dered h artsh o rn .
A d d s o m a nar­
c i s s u s b u l l « p r e v i o u s l y g r o u n d In m
m o r ta r a n d so m e g u m , a n d also som e
f a r i n a m a d e f r o m T u s c a n wheat. Now
t h i c k e n t h e m i x t u r e with a greater
q u a n t i t y o f h o n e y a n d the resulting
com p o sitio n
w ill
r e n d e r th* akla
sm oother th a n a m irro r."
On III« O w n .
" W h i l e I w a s e n g a g e d to her ah*
m a d * m e g tv * u p drinking, smoking
a n d golf. L a s t o f a l l . I gave u p so m »
t h i n g o n m y o w n account."
"W hat was t h a t r
"Th* girl."—Judge
CURRENT EVENTS
OF THE WEEK
Joings of the World at Large
Told in Brief.
General Resume o f Important Event!
Presented In Condensed Form
for Our Buay Readers.
IN S U R G E N C Y W IN S .
P o in d e x ta r
C s r r is s
W a s h in g to n
B ig M a jo ritie s .
by
Seattle, Sept. 14. — Insurgency
swept the state of Washington yester­
day like a tidal wave. Poindexter is
believed to have carried nearly every
county in the state, with the possible
exception of Pierce.
Late returns indicate that Warbur-
ton, insurgent, haa carried the Second
congressional district by a good plural­
ity over McCredie, incumbent.
Humphrey has been defeated in the
First district, and William La Fol-
lette, of Pullman, a cousin of Senator
La Follctte and an insurgent, has been
elected to succeed Poindexter.
The vote of King county, with 47,-
000 voters registered, was probably
only 30,000, and Poindexter’s plurality
in the county is estimated at 6,000.
Poindexter carried Judge Burke’s
own preinccL
Incomplete returns from 30 polling
places in Pierce county and Tacoma
give Burke 41, Poindexter 1,376 and
Ashton 1,336.
At this rate Pierce
county will give Ashton a small major­
ity.
Twenty-six precincts, city and coun­
ty, in Pierce county, give McCredie
339, Claypool 338 and Warburton 1,-
333.
Poindexter’s plurality in Whatcom
county is estimated at 2,000.
Poindexter’s plurality in Clallam
county is estimated at 300.
At Poindexter’s headquarters, his
lead is estimated as high as 30,000.
J. J. Hill says business men are fool­
ish to entertain fears for the future.
Five persons have died of cholera at
Danzig, Prussia, and many more are
ill.
The Southern Pacific has subscribed
140,000 to the New Orleans exposition
fund.
Railroad officials say increased
freight rates nearly all goes back to
the people.
Fire destroyed an Alaska cannery,
together with $120,000 worth of freshly
packed salmon.
Cornell university receives $689,000
out of the $832,869 estate of the late
Professor Goldwin Smith.
A hunter near Scappooae, Or., haa
been missing several days, and it is be­
lieved be has become demented and is
fleeing from his would- be rescuers.
Government authorities state that
within a hundred years the Indian will
STO RM DAMAGES C O TTO N .
be unknown, having by that time be­
come completely merged into the white
C r o p on 2 6 0 ,0 0 0 A c re s in T e x a s Is
race.
R uined By W in d and H a il.
Witnesses in the sugar frauds trial
Galveston, Tex.—A severe wind hail
say they never knew a weigher who
would not underweigh, if paid for it, and rain storm which swept over four
and never knew an importer who would or five counties did untold damage to
crops, especially to the cotton crop,
not pay for underweighing.
During the progress of a play at San which was either stripped from the
Francisco, Margaret Illington, leading fields by the wind or ruined by hail of
lady, was given a dose of ammonia, a size unprecedented in Burleson,
full strength, instead of greatly dilut­ Brazos, Houston, Grimes and Walker
ed, and was nearly strangled before counties.
From reports just received it is es­
she discovered the mistake.
timated that the cotton crop was
Friends of Senator Lorimer are plan­ ruined on about 250,000 acres, which
ning a big banquet in his honor.
includes a few thousand acres of other
Secretary Nagel is mentioned for a crops.
In Burleson county, along the hill­
place on the Supreme court bench.
sides, thousands of acres of unpicked
President Estrada, of Nicaragua, cotton were beaten down by the hail
proposes a new treaty with the United and ,later washed into the swelling
States.
streams by the heavy rains.
A launch party of 16 Bellingham
people is missing, and it is feared they
G O L D T H E IV E S W A T C H E D
are lost in a gale.
High society people composing the D e te c tiv e s S u s p e c t A la s k a n s and W a it
. f o r T h e m to D ig U p In g o ts .
Narraganaett club of New York are on
trial for gambling.
Seattle—It is settled in the minds of
David Eccles, millionaire lumber­ detectives that the 357,000 robbery of
man of Utah, will have to stand trial gold bullion in transit from Fairbanks
to Seattle was committed on the Yu­
for timber land frauds in Oregon.
kon river steamer Tanana, and the men
Maine has elected a Democratic gov­ who are supposed to have stolen the
ernor and three representatives, and precious ingots are under surveillance.
may elect a Democratic U. S. senator.
But the gold is buried in the earth,
Railroads throughout the country the detectives say, and even if they ar­
report an average gain in earnings of rested the real criminals, they could
10.1 per cent for August, as compared not convict them and they might not
recover the gold. So they purpose to
with August 1909.
Ten high officials of the Swift, Ar­ starve the thieves out; to watch them
mour and Morris packing houses have until they dig up the gold and try to
been indicted for conspiracy and ille­ sell it. Any man who tries to sell
Tanana gold at any market in Alaska
gal monopoly.
or the United States wiH be held for
Disastrous forest fires are sweeping examination. Reports of a second ex­
Whatcom county, Washington, and press gold robbery are false.
have burned many ranches and every
house in the town of Hazelmere.
M an T rie s to E a t C h e c k .
A Tacoma young woman, with only
Chico, Cal.—E. Conley, wanted for
a dog and a horse for company, will forgery at Gridley, tried to eat one of
hold down a claim for 30 days in a the checks he had forged, that it might
wild and lonely spot near Dietrich, not be used as evidence against him.
Idaho.
Officers arrested him as a suspect and
Colonel Roosevelt has finished his on trying to search him he put up a
stiff fight. From his inside pocket he
Western tour.
pulled a slip of paper and began chew­
Roosevelt compliments Pittsburg for ing it, but the officers choked him and
putting the “ higher-ups” in jail.
pried hiB mouth open with a jail key,
The total attendance at the Live­ recovering the paper, which proved to
be the check, considerably chewed,
stock show in Portland was 46,000.
but ail the more useful as evidence
Mrs. Seligman, wife of a prominent against the prisoner.
New York merchant, will sing in grand
opera.
M a in e G oes D e m o c ra tic .
Admiral Eavns, endorses San Fran­
Portland, Maine—Maine went Demo­
cisco as the place for the Panama ex­ cratic Tuesday. It elected Frederick
position of 1916.
W. Plaisted, of Augusta, a Democrat,
Nine men were killed by falling rock as governor, upset the heretofore solid
in an open cut which the Erie railroad Republican delegation in at least two,
and possibly all four of the congres­
is making at Jersey City, N. J.
sional districts, and to the surprise of
The Eucharist congress which has the political leaders. Democratic as
just adjourned at Montreal chose Vi­ well as Republican, the last returns
enna as its next meeting place.
indicate the possibility that the next
A prominent St. Louis man, a de­ state legislature will be Democratic.
scendant of a wealthy family, will The senate surely will have a Demo­
write a book exposing St. Louis so­ cratic majority. The house complex­
ion is in doubt.
ciety.
Lorimer has resigned his member­
S u s p e c te d L e p e r F ou n d .
ship in the Hamilton club, of Chicago,
New
York—A man believed to be
and a great loss of membership is John Kokas,
the Greek leper of Salt
scheduled to follow.
Lake City, who broke quarantine there,
Gold bars to the value of $67,600 evaded interception in Chicago, and es­
disappeared in transit from Fairbanks, caped eastward, was arrested here, as
Alaska, to Seattle, and lead bars were he was about to buy a ticket for
found in their place.
Greece. The man gave his name os
The mother of Alfonso, of Spain, Peter Coropulas, of Salt Lake City, 30
threatens to abandon the country per­ years old, and denied vigorously that
manently, on account of the tactics of he was a leper. His appearance was
Premier Canalejas in the religious con­ hideous, and the hospital authorities
say they believe he is a leper.
troversy.
Pope Pius X takes extra precautions
Fails to Fly Over Irish Ssa.
against the growth of modernism in
the church.
London—Aviator Astor Loraine, who
recently failed by 300 yards in his at­
The servants of the shah’s palace at tempt to fly across the Irish sea, an­
Teheran, Persia, have gone on a strike nounced that he will make another try
for wages due.
during the coming week. Loraine’s
An American diplomat declares this failure was due to defective soldering
country may be forced to occupy or in his petrol tank. Although he ship­
annex the Panama canal country.
ped sufficient petrol for the trip, the
A Jap at Chehalis, Wash., paid a tank developed a leak, which continued
fine of $626 to avoid going to the peni­ during the last three miles of the trip,
tentiary for an attempted burglary.
and Loraine was compelled to give up.
Three men are known to be killed,
several injured and many missing as
W a lsh E sta te N o t G re a t.
the result of an oil explosion on the
Denver — The estate of the late
battleship North Dakota.
Thomas F. Walsh, which had been ap­
An Alaskan miner was overtaken proximated as high as $100,000,000,
and devoured by wolves.
Another was worth only $6,600,000, according
man was pursued by them for two to the inventory filed by Judge S. A.
weeks, but finally reached a settlement. Osborn, representing the estate. Of
this valuation, $3,000,000 is Colorado
The Texas legislature haa instructed property.
its congressmen to work for the repeal
of the Fourteenth amendment, which
S o c ia lis ts A re A rre s te d .
confers the right of franchise upon
Salt
Lake City—Six members of the
negroes.
Socialist Labor party were arrested
Escaped convicts from a road camp here, one after another, while trying
near Lyle. Wash., set fire to the tim­ to hold s street meeting at the comer
ber to prevent pursuit by bloodhounds, of Second South and State streets, in
and serious forest fires have started as defiance of the orders of the chief of
a result.
police.
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND
PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE
YEAR O PEN S S E P T E M B E R 23.
M A N Y EGGS SAVED .
O re g o n A g r ic u ltu ra l C o lle g e H a t E x ­
p e nded $ 1 3 4 ,0 0 0 in F a c ilitie s .
Fish Wardsn Clanton Reports on
Work of Hatcheries.
Salem—Master Fish Warden Clanton
in his report this month gives a com­
plete statement of hatchery work
throughout the state. He calls atten­
tion to.the fact tfiat the fall closed sea­
son went into effect on the Columbia
river August 25 and says no attempts
have so far been made to violate the
law.
Four deputy wardens patrol the riv­
er constantly in launches, but the at­
titude of most of the fishermen, ac­
cording to Mr. Clanton, seems to be to
uphold the law and allow the salmon to
puss up the rivers to the hatcheries
and natural spawning grounds.
At the Bonneville hatchery, work
on the retaining ponds, funds for which
were subscribed by the cannerymen
and packers along the Columbia river,
is progressing rapidly. The hatchery
building, troughs and baskets have also
been thoroughly overhauled.
At the McKenzie river hatchery, the
egg-taking season is at its height, and
339,000 Chinook eggs have been se­
cured. Although the prospects for a
large take are not as encouraging as
they were last season, owing to the
low stage of water, Mr. Clanton says
he iB confident that it will compare fa­
vorably with that of former years be­
fore the last salmon has been spawned.
The Wallowa river hatchery, like the
McKenzie, is feeling the effects of the
long dry spell.
The hatchery work of the Salmon
river station has been interfered with
somewhat by forest fires, but no dam­
age has been done to the state’s prop­
erty. Superintendent Holcomb reports
that 250,190 early Chinook eggs have
been taken there. Improvements have
been made to the hatchery on the
Trask and repairs have been made to
tbe permanent trap and rack at the
Yaquina hatchery, which was washed
away in freshets last year. The Alsea
river hatchery station is merely an ex­
perimental station and is located about
two miles above the head of tide on
Bear creek. Everett E. Cook has been
placed in charge as superintendenL
Oregon Agricultural College, Corval­
lis.—Twenty-one new members on the
faculty roll, four new buildings on the
campus, and much additional equip­
ment for the laboratories and class­
rooms have been made necessary this
year at the Oregon Agricultural col­
lege, which will register the students
for the fall semester September 23.
Among the new men on the faculty,
a notable addition is that of Dr. E. G.
Peterson, of Cornell, to fill the chair of
bacteriology, left vacant by the resig­
nation of Professor E. F. PernoL An­
other appointment of interest is that
of Mrs. Anna Z. Crayne, a graduate of
the University of Virginia, and of the
SL Louis Medical college, as dean of
women, to have charge of the social
activities, discipline and health of the
girl students of the college.
Dr. J. F. Morel, of the Universities
of Belgium and Paris, will have charge
of the new department of veterinary
science, and G. R. Samson, of the
United States department uf agricul­
ture, will be instructor in animal hus­
bandry. H. S. Marks, also a Cornell
man, will fill an instructorship in me­
chanical engineering, while J. F. Meis-
ter, a graduate of the same institution,
will be instructor in electrical en­
gineering.
B O U L E V A R D T O S E A IS P L A N .
M a rs h fie ld 's M a y o r P ro p o s e s to A s k
P ro p e rty O w n e rs f o r L a n d .
Marshfield—Construction of a boule­
vard and park from Marshfield to the
sea will be approved by the city coun­
cil if the co-operation of the property-
owners concerned can be secured. The
idea originated ' with Mayor Straw to
secure a strip of land 350 feet wide
from the west end of the city straight
through the timber to Tarheel point,
and to build down the center of the
strip a fine roadway.
The land is owned mostly by the
Southern Pacific, the Southern Oregon
company and the Coos Bay Water com­
pany, and these owners will be asked
W a llo w a F ire s U n d e r C o n tro l.
to donate the right of way. The road
Wallowa—The many destructive for­
would extend through beautiful timber. est fires that have raged on the na­
tional forest are now under control.
The sliirht showers of the past week
B e a rs W o r k H a vo c.
Crescent—Bears, driven by the for­ have dampened the dry grass and
est fires from their usual feeding leaves and checked the spread of the
grounds, are attacking sheep in the re­ fires. The troopr that were at the
serves near here. One herder stated head of the Imnaha have returned to
that within three weeks more than 200 Halfway, the troops at Medical Springs
head out of a band of 2,000 had been will remain several days. Supervisor
killed by bearB, a loss of 10 per cent. Harris, who has been at the Minam
In all more
In the dark woods where ( the sheep fires, will return soon.
are bedded down for the night, the than 600 men have been employed
bears sally out of the underbrush and fighting fires on the Wallowa forest.
by swift attack work havoc with the
M o re D e le g a tes A p p o in te d .
band and escape before the herders are
Salem—Acting Governor Bowerman
able to train their rifles upon the ma­
rauders. A change of feeding ground has named the following additional del­
for the sheep apparently makes no dif­ egates to the Farmers’ National con­
ference, for the bears follow after and gress to be held at Lincoln, Nebraska,
are on the job as soon as darkness commencing October 6: C. T. Losey,
falls. As a result, it is expected that Ironside; H. J. Ward, Vale; Arthur S.
the sheepmen will remove their charges King, Ontario; Sid Knight, Sheville;
from the forest reserves to the winter J. H. Seward, Ontario; J. M. Butler,
range much earlier this year than last. Ontario; D. F. Murphy, Beulah; Wil­
liam Jones, Juntura; Arthur A. Der­
rick, Brogan; A. E. Wade, Owyhee;
" T u r t le ” Ranch S o ld .
John H. Vance, McDermiL
Gold Hill—E. C. Roenisch, of Min­
neapolis, has purchased the famous
C a rn iv a l f o r H o o d R iv e r.
“ Turtle’’ ranch in upper Sams valley,
Hood River—The Hood River comet
nine miles from here, for a considera­ band is planning to give a three days’
tion of $6,500, from Silas Fleming. street carnival in Hood River during
The ranch comprises 160 acres, and the month of October. Arnold’s shows,
takes its name from the fact that on of Portland, will probably be engaged
it is a column of rock 70 feet high and and a number of other attractions
30 feet in diameter, which has on its added.
top a huge rock bearing a striking re­
semblance to a turtle. The rock is
PO RTLAND M AR KETS.
one of the sights of Southern Oregon,
and prictures of it have been used
Wheat—Track prices export basis:
in railroad and booklet advertising.
Bluestem, 93c; club, 86c; red Rsusisn,
83c; valley, 90c; 40-fold, 88c; Turkey
P ru n e D ry e r is B u rn e d .
Roseburg—Igniting from a defec­ red, 85@90c.
Barley—Feed and brewing, $21.60@
tive flue, the large prune dryer owned
by Morris Webber and situated about 22.50 per ton.
Hay—Track prices: Timothy, Wil­
six miles north of Roseburg, burned to
the ground last Sunday evening. The lamette valley, $18@19 per ton; East­
dryer was filled to its capacity with ern Orgeon, $20@21; alfalfa, new, $14
fruit which was to have been shipped @15; grain hay, $13@14.
Com—Whole, $32; cracked, $33.
to Portland and Seattle markets. The
Millstuffs—Bran, $20 per ton; mid­
building and drying equipment was
valued at about $4,000, while the loss dlings, $30; shorts, $21@22; rolled
of fruit will probably bring the total barley, $25@26.
O ats-N ew , $28@28.50.
loss close to $8,000.
f
Eggs—Oregon current receipts, 30@
31c; candled, 32c.
F r u it F a ir f o r H o o d R iv e r.
Butter—City creamery, solid pack,
Hood River—The new fruit fair 35@36c per pound; prints, 37c; butter
building proposed by the Hood River
36c; country store butter, 24@25c.
apple growers is now assured. The fat Cheese—Full
cream, twins, 17@18c
growers of the valley asked the citi­ per pound; Young
America, 18@19e.
zens of the city to aid the project in
Poultry—Hens, 16@16.lic; springs,
the sum of $5,000, and in a few hours
16 @ 16Jic; ducks, white, 16@17c;
the entire amount was subscribed at geese,
turkeys, live, 20c;
the solicitation of a special committee. dressed, 23«25c;
21@?5c;
squabs,
$3 per dozen.
A large brick building will be erected
Pork—Fancy, 13c per pound.
at once and will be ready for the apple
Veal—Good, up to 140 pounds, 11c
fair to be held in October.
per pound.
Green Fruits—Apples, new, 50c@
C o b u rg O rc h a rd is S o ld .
$1.25 per box; plums, 40@75c pears,
Eugene—Benjamin F. Riddle, of 76c@$l.tS; peaches, boxes, 30@50c;
Medford, bought 26 acres of the Ar­ lugs, $1.10« 1.25; grapes, 50c@$l per
thur Roach apple orchard, paying $360 box, 20@25c per basket; watermelons,
per acre, or $10,600 for the tracL This $1091.25 per hundred; canteloupea,
orchard is located near Coburg and is $1.05@2 per crate.
planted mainly with Baldwin and Jona­
Vegetables—Beans, 3@5c per pound;
than apples. Mr. Riddle says that the cabbage, 2 ^ e ; cauliflower, $1.50 per
same orchard, if near Medford, could dozen; celery, 90c; com, 12@15c; cu­
not be bought for less than $1,000 per cumbers, 25@ 40c per box; eggplant, 6c
acre.
per pound; garlic, 8@10c per pound;
green onions, 15c per dozen; peppers,
G ra v e n s te in T re e s Y ie ld $ 4 7 .
6c per pound; radishes, 15« 20c per
Hood River—Dr. W. R. Colley re­ dosen; squash, 40c per crate; toma­
ports the largest yield of Gravenstein toes, 30«60c per box; carrots, $1«
apples in the valley.
He packed 251 1.25; per sack; beets, $1.50; parsnips,
boxes from eight 14-year old trees. It $1@1.25; turnips, $1.
Potatoes — New, $1.25@1.50 per
will be interesting to know that the
fruit sold for $1.50 per box, or at the hundred.
Onions—New, $1.75 per sack.
rate of $47.06 per tree. At this rate
Livestock — Beef steers, good to
an sere containing 60 Gravenstein
trees would bring in a gross return of choice, $5@5.50; fair to medium, $4@
4.50; cows and heifers, good to choice,
between $2,500 and $3,000.
$3.75@4.75; fair to medium, $3.25«
3.50; bulls, $3.50@4; stags, good to
S c h o o ls f o r K la m a th .
choice, $4@4.25; calves, light $6«
Klamath Falls—Three school build­ 6.76; heavy, $3.75@5; hogs, top, $10
ings being erected in Klamath county «10.40; fair to medium, $9.25«*.75;
will be ready for occupancy by the sheep, best ML Adams wethers, $4«
time for opening the fall term, which 4.15; best valley wethers, $3.26«3.SO;
is early in September. One *f these fair to good wethers, $3«3.25; best
is at Bly, one on Tule lake in |the ,new valley ewes. $3oi3.50; lambs, choice
Bohemian colony, and the other at M l Adams, $5.25«5.60; choice valley
Henley.
lambs $6(0.5.25.
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