DAILY DOINGS OF OREGON
STATE LAWMAKERS AT SALEM
CONGRESS ASKED T O "H A L T .”
sign; finally succeeding In throwing
“ My wor-r-rd!” said Higgins, with
him flat; and knelt upon his cheat, re emotion. Then quickly: "Did 'e get
talnlng his grip but refraining from anythin', do you think, sir?"
Fifty San Antonio Citizens “ Demand”
throttling him.
Maitland shook his head, scowling
Non-lntarferanca.
As It was, all strength and thought over the butler's burly shoulders at the
Washington—
That the president and
of resistance had been choked out of rapidly augmenting concourse of serv
Salem, Feb. 28.— Governor Oswald lify a law passed by the people o f his
Anlsty.
He lay at length, gasping ants in the hallway— lackeys, grooms, congress shall “ call a halt and take
painfully.
maids, cooks, and what-not; a back hands o ff” in.the matter o f the M exi West and State Treasurer Kay re state at the last general election,
Maitland glanced over his shoulders ground of pale, scared faces to the can involution is the “ demand” o f turned today to Salem from their visit whereby the Rogue river was closed
The commer
to definitely locate the site for the to commercial fishing.
and saw the girl moving forward, ap tableau in the library. "This won't
certain residents o f San Antonio, Tex. branch asylum at Pendleton.
The cial fishing on the said river has for
parently making for the switch.
do,” considered Maitland. "Get back,
“ N o !” he cried, peremptorily. “ Don’t all of you!” he ordered, sternly, indi The demand reached the senate in a governor says that though the site years been controlled by one man,
turn off the light— please!”
cating the group with a dominant and petition bearing 50 signatures. The recommended by the legislative in who, through riparian ownership has
"But— ’’ she doubted.
Inflexible forefinger. "Those who are document was addressed to “ The Pres vestigating committee does not accord maintained a complete monopoly upon
"Let me have those curtain cords. If wanted will be sent for. Now go! ident o f the United States and to the with the views as to the proper loca the industry. Through the enjoyment
tion o f the buildings held by himself o f this monopoly he grew wealthy and
you please," he requested, shortly.
Higgins, you may stay.”
Speaker o f the House o f Representa and Mr. Kay, he considers the matter was absolute dictator so far as that
She followed his gaze to the win
"Yes, sir. Yes, sir. But wot an
Deriving his
settled, since the legislature accepted stream was concerned.
dows, Interpreted his wishes, and was 'orrid 'appenin', sir, if you’ll permit tives, ” and read:
We the undersigned citizens o f San the report o f the joint committee and revenue from Oregon, he spent it in
very quick to carry them out. In a me— ”
the work o f building the Eastern California, where his fam ily resided
trice she was offering him half a
"I won't. Be quiet and listen. This Antonio, Texas, and liberty-loving
dozen of the heavy, twisted silk cords man is Anisty— Handsome Dan Anisty, people o f the United States, do here Oregon asylum will be carried on as and his supplies were purchased. The
that had been used to loop back the the notorious jewel thief, wanted badly by most earnestly protest against your expeditiously as possible and Eastern money he spent for the propagation o f
Orgon w ill get the finest institution fish was spent because it would ulti
curtains.
by the police of a dozen cities. You taking any part in the Mexican rev
mately add to his revenue.”
Soft yet strong, they were excellent understand? . . . I'm going now olution, now going on in Mexico. to be had for the money.
More land will be necessary, the
ly well adapted to Maitland's needs. to motor to the village and get the There is not an honest, liberty-loving
Salem, Feb. 24.— Under a distinct
Unceremoniously he swung his captive constables; I may,” he Invented, des man in this country, knowing the governor thinks, in order to acquire
over on his side, bringing his neck and perately, "be delayed— may have to get cause o f this revolution, but who is at necessary water rights, intake and understanding between Governor West
ankles in Juxtaposition to the legs of a detective from Brooklyn. If this heart and soul in sympathy with those right o f way for water for power pur and members o f the Oregon Naval re
that substantial piece of furniture, the scoundrel stirs, don't touch him. Let revolutionists; we therefore demand poses. Though the matter is not yet serve the governor has sanctioned the
fully determined, all the buildings at bill creating that reserve and has al
lounge.
him alone—he can’t escape If you do. that you call a halt and take hands off
His hands, the first to be secured, and Above all things, don't you dare to re ot same and let old despot Diaz and Pendleton will probably be o f con lowed $10,000 o f the $25,000 appro
crete. They will be arranged in a priated by the legislature.
the revolutionists fight it out.”
tightly, behind his back, Anisty lay move that ga g!”
This move was made by the gover
crescent shape, with the administra
helpless, glaring vindictively the while
"Most cert’inly. sir. I shall bear in
tion building in the center and front nor on the strength o f a waiver that
gradually he recovered consciousness
RUEF
W
ILL
GO
TO
PEN.
mind wot you says— ’’
ing, with two retreating wings on the reserve will promise not to use
and strength. Maitland cared little
“ You'd best," grimly. “ Now I’m off.
either side and the other buildings more than $10,000 o f the appropria
for his evil glances; he was busy. The
No; I don't want any attendance— I Bids Friends Good-Bye and Surren w ill be in the rear.
tion and a promise that no indebted
burglar’s ankles were next bound to
know my way.
And—don’t— touch—
Regarding the Eastern Oregon in ness will be incurred against the state
ders to Deputy Sheriff.
gether ajid to the lounge leg; and, an
by the reserve.
stitution, the governor says:
instant later, a brace of half-hitches that man— till I return.”
San Francisco, Feb. 28.— A fte r be
“ Very good, sir.”
“ No attack was contemplated on
“ The tract selected by the old board
| about the man's neck and the nearest
Maitland stepped over to the safe, ing at liberty for 15 months on a bail is about equally divided between hill the Oregon system in my second choice
support entirely eliminated him as a
bond aggregating $600,000, Abraham
possible factor in subsequent events. glanced within, cursorily, replaced a Ruef was taken into custody at mid and bottom land, the latter being sep bill, neither do I believe the bill un
declared
Speaker
“Those loops around your throat,” bundle of papers which he did not re night tonight, following the vacation arated from the former by the O. R. & constitutional,”
Maitland warned him curtly, "are call disturbing, closed the door and o f the Supreme court’s order remand N. tracks and the county road. The Rusk tonight, in commenting on the
proposed building site was upon the reasons offered by Governor West in
loose enough now, but If you struggle twirled the combination.
ing the case for rehearing.
hill tract, but the present board, after vetoing that measure.
"Nothing gone," he announced. An
they'll tighten and strangle you. Un
Early in the evening, Ruef held a careful investigation, decided that the
Senator Malarkey’s public service
inarticulate gurgle from the prostrate
derstand?"
consultation with his attorneys and,
Anisty nodded, making an Inco man drew a black scowl from Mait after bidding friends about town good said site was unsuitable and their commission bill, extending the powers
herent sound with his swollen tongue. land. Recovering, "Good morning." he bye, went home. A deputy was w ait findings were borne out by the reports o f the State Railroad commission to
At which Maitland frowned, smitten said politely to the butler, and striding ing at his residence with a bench war both o f the special committee appoint public utilities was the final measure
ed by the board and the legislative considered by Governor West tonight
out of the house by the front door,
thoughtful with a new consideration.
rant issued by Judge Lawler. Ruef
and the last to be filed by him with
"You mustn't talk, you know," he was careful to slam that behind him, quietly surrendered himself and the committee.
“ The legislative committee, how the secretary o f state.
mused half aloud; and. whipping forth ere darting Into the shadows.
pair started for the county jail.
“ Knowing the people will profit no
ever, reported that the bottom tract
The moon was down, the sky a cold,
a handkerchief, gagged Mr. Anlsty.
An appeal to the United States afforded a suitable site for the build matter which side wins I am filing the
After which, breathing hard and in a opaque gray, overcast with a light Supreme court on some constitutional
ings, and this report was adopted by Malarkey bill, and will sit back and
maze of perplexity, he got to his feet. drift of cloud. The park seemed very ground is his only r • -uroe now. I f
watch them fight it out,” said the
the legislature.”
dark,
very
dreary;
a
searching
breeze
Already his hearing, quickened by the
such action is not tak.u, Ruef prob
governor.
was
sweeping
inland
from
the
sound,
emergency, had apprised him of the
ably will start f -i
Quentin in a
Salem, Feb. 27.— Baker’s demand
Governor West issued a proclama
For an Inatant They Were Swaying Back and Forth.
situation's Imminent hazards.
It soughing sadly in the tree tops; a day or two to begin
a 14-year for greater consideration at the hands tion today proclaiming Wednesday,
needed not the girl's hurried whisper, chill humidity permeated the air, pre term on a charge o f bribery.
o f the Oregon & Washington Railroad March 1, as Colonist Day. In his
"The servants!” to warn him of their cursor of rain. The young man shiv
& Navigation company in the way o f proclamation he calls upon the people
danger. From the rear wing of the ered, both with chill and reaction from
distributive and special
commodity o f the state to avail themselves o f the
EATING
DOGS
AND
C
A
TS.
mansion the sounds of hurrying feet the tension of the emergency just past.
rates was taken up for investigation privilege o f sending a personal letter
were distinctly audible, as. presently,
He was aware of an instantaneous
officially today by the railroad com to some one in an Easten state, accom
were the heavy, excited voices of men loss of heart, a subsidence of the Starving Chinese Use Pets to Ward mission. Baker has made a demand
panied by literature telling o f the ad
O
ff
Death.
and the more shrill and frightened elation which had upheld him through
similar to the one made by the city o f vantages this state has to offer to the
cries of women.
out the adventure; and to escape this,
Medford
for
distributive
rates
as
fa
v
Shanghai.— A missionary who ar
homesteader.
Heedless of her displeasure, Mait to forget or overcome it, took imme rived here from the famine district, orable as those enjoyed by the larger
diately
to
his
heels,
scampering
madly
Salem, Feb. 23— Two hundred and
land seized the girl by the arm and
where he had been engaged in relief shipping centers such as Portland,
thirty-three bills were dumped upon
urged her over to the open window. for the road, oppressed with fear lest work, says that 3,000 persons are dy Spokane and Seattle.
'Don’t hang back!” he told her ner he should find the girl gone— wlih the ing daily and that 350,000 are wholly
Attorney Arthur C. Spencer o f Port the governor since last Friday. The
vously. “ You must get out of this be jewels.
dependent on the foreign famine com land, is conducting the case for the overwhelming task that has confront
fore they see you. IX) as I tell you,
railroad company.
Attorney F. H. ed Governor West since Friday has
That she should prove untrue, faith mittee, which was organized here.
please, and we’ll save ourselves yet! less, lacking even that honor which
In many places dogs and cats are McCune o f Portland, is attorney for been to read and carefully consider
If we both make a run for It, we're pioverblally obtains in the society of being killed for food and houses are the Baker Commercial club, the plain 233 bills, separate the goats from the
lost.
Don't you understand?”
elimináis—a consideration of such a pulled down by the occupants and the tiff bringing the complaint against sheep and be right in his selections or
A t 11 o ’clock meet the criticism o f the public. As
“ No. Why?” she demanded, reluc possibility was intolerable, as much debris exchanged for anything that the railroad company.
when the case opened before the com a result the governor has been smoth
tant, spirited, obstinate— and lovely in so as the suspense of Ignorance. He can be eaten.
C O P y m O H T I K ) T — T H E f t O B Ö Ä - ^ I R R I U L C O . _________________________________________
his eyes.
could not. would not. believe her
There is urgent need o f help pend mission Attorney Spencer put on the ered and swamped with work.
He is spending night and day in the
“ If he were anybody else," Maitland capable of ingratitude so rank; and ing the arrival o f the American trans stand General Freight Agent F. W.
sense of trust misplaced. Illusion re
SYNOPSIS.
solved Into brutal reulltlos. Hla Angers indicated, with a jerk of his head to fought fiercely, unreasoningly, against port Buford, which is bringing sup Robinson, o f the Oregon & Washing seclusion o f his office, putting all oth-
Even his corres
ward the burglar. "But didn't you the conviction that she would have fol plies donated by the people o f the ton railroad company and he read into er matters aside.
'•Mad” Dan Maitland, on rea ching Ida closed convulsively about her wrists;
Now Y or k ba chelor club, met un attrac
the records a stupendous amount o f pondence has been forced to w ait un
see? He must be Maitland—and he's lowed her thievish instincts and United States.
but she held passive.
live you ng w om an at the door. Janitor
statistics and figures showing the bus til these bills could have his attention.
A
U 'li a ita n aaaured hint no one had been
“ Ah, but I might have expected my double. I'll stay, brazen it out, made off with the booty. . . .
within that day. Dan dlacovered a worn-
iness relation o f the business o f the
He is just beginning to see daylight
then,
as
soon
as
possible,
make
my
es
judgment
meet
and
right
upon
him
that!”
came
her
reproachful
whisper.
Cholera
Kills
Hawaiian*.
en'a Anger prints In dual on Ida (leak
road to the different cities and centers from beneath the pile and tomorrow
alone with a letter fr om Ida attorney.
"Take them, then, my— my partner cape and Join you by the gate. Your for his madness!
Honolulu
Four
more
deaths
from
Maitland dined with Hnnncrmnn, Ida a t
is the last day, for all bills must be
o f population in Oregon.
motor's there— wait! Be ready for
Heart in mouth, he reached the
torney.
Dan aet out fo r Greenflelda, to that was.” Her tone cut like a knife
cholera have occurred among the Ha-
E. H. Flagg, chief clerk o f the filed with the secretary o f state within
tret Ida fa m i ly Jewels.
I bi r ln a Ida walk
und the touch of the canvas bag. as me”
gates, passing through without dis
to tha country Beat, he met the young
But she had grasped his Intention covering her, and was struck dumb waiians isolated at the quarantine sta state senate, and John P. Hunt, assist five days after they reach the gover
woman in gr ay, whom be bad Been l e a v she forced it Into his hands, wus hate
and was suddenly become pliant to his and witless with relief when she tion because o f contact with infected ant clerk, were prominent figures in nor, Sundays excluded, or they be
ing Ida baebelora* club.
H e r uuto bad
fill to him.
broken down. H e fixed It. B y a ruae ala
will.
"You're wonderful!" she told stepped quietly from the shadows of persons. This makes a total o f six the recent controversy over the revis come laws anyhow.
“ Forgive me— ” he began.
" l o o t ” hltn. Maitland, on reachin g home,
The governor has called to his as
him with a little low laugh; and was a low branching tree, offering him a deaths since the disease first made its ion o f the senate journal. Flagg went
lurprlaed lady In g r ay , cra ck in g the ante
“ But listen!"
appearance, here.
containing hU
len a.
She. a|>|iarently.
into the courts to prevent Hunt and sistance various members o f the bar
For a space he obeyed, the silence gone, silently as a spirit.
guiding hand.
took him fo r a we ll -k n ow n crook. Daub
San
Francisco
F.
E.
Tritter,
chief
The curtains fell behind her in long,
Anlaty. Ha lf- hyp no tiz ed . Maitland opened at llrst seeming tremendous; then
"Come," she said, quietly. "This quarantine officer o f the port, notified Colonel Mercer from revising the jour o f the city o f Salem from time to time
hla a a f e , took t he ref ro m the Jewels. and faint but distinct, he heard the tinkle straight folds; Maitland stilled their
nal, as they had been directed by a and also other advisers who have been
way."
g i v e them to her. Aral fo rm in a a purt-
all shipping men that vessels clearing
and slide of the brazen rings support swaying with a touch, and stepped
eerahlp In crime.
Without being exactly conscious of from Honolulu must obtain a certifi senate resolution to do, and won his close friends o f his. He has taken in
point.
the members o f the bar for the pur
back Into the room. For a moment he what he was about he caught the
lug the smoking room portiere.
This incident was o f more impor pose o f getting their legal advice on
CHAPTER IV.— Continued.
Ills hand sought the girl’s; she had caught the eye of the fellow on the hand In both his own. “ Then," he ex cate from the chief quarantine officer
The Interior of the Hafa wua re not moved, and the cool, firm pressure floor; It was upturned to his. sardonic ulted almost passionately— “ then you o f the Hawaiian port. Vessels not so tance than the average reader may some o f the bills and his other friends
provided will be sent to quarantine on suppose. A record o f every bill en have given him advice on the practical
vealed In a shape little different from of her flngerS steadied him.
He ally intelligent. But the lord of the didn't— ”
arrival here.
acted into law must be kept and set side o f the measures has had to con
manor had little time to debate con
that of the ordinary household strong thought quirkly.
His voice choked in bis throat. Her
forth from the time o f its introduc sider.
box.
There were several account
"Q uick!" he told her In the least of sequences.
face, momentarily upturned to Ills,
tion, and unless this record is correct
Abruptly the door was flung wide
C hief Poisoned, Belief.
books, ledgers and the like, together whispers. "Leave by the window you
gleamed pale and weary in the dreary
Salem, Feb. 22.— Considerable scur
with some packages of docketed bills. opened und wait for me by the motor and a short stout man. clutching up
Lawton, Okla. The death o f Quan- in every detail the law may be as
light;
the face of a tired child,
sailed in the courts.
Legal authori rying followed the discovery today
his trousers with a frantic hand, burst
In the pigeon holes. The cash box, e rr.”
nah
Parker,
chief
o
f
the
Comanche
In
troubled, saddened; yet with eyes In
ties differ as to whether a law can that Speaker Rusk’s house bill provid
into the library, brandishing over
Itself a safe within a safe, showed a
" N o !”
expressibly sweet. She turned away, dians, Thursday, resulted from poi
stand if it is not backed by a complete ing for second choice at primary elec
blank face broken by a small combi
There was no time to remonstrate head a rampant revolver.
son
administered
by
medcine
men
o
f
tugging at her hand.
tions had not reached the office o f the
" 'Ands hup!" he cried, leveling at
nation dial.
Behind this. In a se with her. Already he had slipped away,
the Cheyennes, instead o f pneumonia, ly accurate record.
(T O UK C O N T IN U E D .)
governor. It was supposed that all
cieted compartment, the Maitland heir shaping a course for the entrance to Maitland. And then, with a fallen
as reported by the white physicians,
Salem, Feb. 25.— O f the 725 bills bills had been enrolled and sent to the
The Dog.
looms languished, half forgotten of the passage. But the dominant thought countenance: "G-r r reat 'eavins, sir!
is the belief o f medicine men o f the
The dog is man’s most faithfm Comanches. The Comanches will send that were introduced in the two houses executive by this morning, but a
their heedless owner.
In Ids mind was that at all costs the You. Mister Maitland, sir!"
"Ah, Higgins," his employer greeted friend. A man may lie, but a dog White Parker, son o f the late chief, o f the legislature, 275 o f them have thorough search failed to reveal it
The cash box combination offered girl must be spared the exposure. She
The among the bills in the governor’s
won't; a man may get drunk, a man among the Cheyennes to investigate. been allowed to become laws.
less difficulty than had the outer dial. was to he saved, whatever the hazard the butler blandly.
Higgins pulled up, thunderstruck, may slander his neighbor, a man may Qmannh had been among the Chey legislature itself failed to pass or in office.
Maitland had it open In a twinkling. Afterwards—
Chief Clerk Drager, o f the house,
The tapestry rustled, but he was pnnting and perspiring with agitation. embezzle and defraud, a man may ennes three days when he became ill. definitely postponed 386 bills, or more
Then, braxenly lifting out the inner
The bill
may
steal He hurried home and died 20 minutes than half the number introduced, and finally located it, however.
yet
too far distant to spring.
He His fat cheeks quivered like the wat borrow money, a man
framework bodily, he thrust a fum
the governor by the exercise o f his had not been enrolled, but w ill be im
bling hand Into tho aperture thus ills crept on with the crouching, vicious tles of a gobbler, and his eyes bulged money, a man may go into politics, after reaching there.
veto power, stopped a total o f 64 mediately and sent to Governor West
'.lOaed and pressed the spring, re attitude, mental and physical, of h as, by degrees, he became alive to the a man may knife his best friend, a
bills, which is the largest number o f for his consideration.
man may run people down with an au
situation.
■easing the panel at the back. It dls panther stnlklng Its prey.
500 to Try to Flank Madero.
bills o f any one session that has ever
Governor West today’ appointed the
Maitland began to explain, forestall tomobile, a man may gamble himself
Like a thunderclap from a clear sky
appeared as though by witchcraft,
El Paso. Tex. The Mexican m ili been vetoed by a governor o f this
commission to make arrangements for
and the splash of light from the bull s the glare of the light broke out from ing the embarrassments of cross-exam to ruin, a man may waste his sub tary commander has ordered the regu
placing the statue o f George H. W il
stance in riotous living, a man may lar schedule on the Mexican North state.
«ye discovered a canvas bug squatting the celling. Maitland paused, trans ination.
By these vetoes and by other ar liams in Statuary Hall, Washington,
go
to heaven— but a dog won't. Can eastern railroad, operating from Jua
"By
the
merest
accident,
Higgins,
I
flxed,
on
tiptoe,
eyes
Incredulous,
bruin
humbly In the secret compartment; a
rangements whereby only a portion of D. C. The commission is to be made
fat little canvas bag. considerably soiled striving to grapple with the astounding was passing in my car with a party of these things be truthfully spoken of rez south to Casas Grandes and Pear
Mends. Just for a Joke I thought I'd other friends man has about him? son. discontinued and commanded all the sums appropriated by the legisla up o f Dr. T. L. Eliot, C. E. S. Wood
from much handling, such as Is used discovery that bad come to him.
ture are to be used, the governor has and George H. Himes, curator o f the
by banks for coin, a sturdy, matterof
The third factor stood In the door steal up to the house and see how you There is a strong affinity between man cars to take south 500 soldiers and
turned back into the pockets o f the Oregon Historical society.
fact, every-day sort of canvas bag. way, slender and tall, In evening dress were behaving yourselves. By chance and the dog; It must be the affinity of two field pieces. These men will try
Governor W est w ill veto the state
-again— 1 happened to see this light contrast. Yet any man will resent be to flank Madero, who is reported south taxpayers approximately $600,000, or
with nothing about It of hauteur, no —as was Maitland a light, full over
more than half a million dollars which aid road bill, carrying an appropriation
air of self-importance or ostenlatlon. coat banging open from his shoulders: through the library windows." And ing called a dog. Possibly the dog o f Juarez, marching on Chihuahua,
will make the appropriations voted by o f $340,000, according to a statement
to betray the fact that it was the re one hand holding back the curtain, the Maitland, putting an Incautious hand would resent being called a man if he with 500 Federals that le ft Juarez
the legislature aggregate a total o f made by him today.
understood—
I
do
not
know.
I
only
upon
the
bull's
eye
on
the
desk,
with-
ceptacle of a small fortune.
other arrested on the light switch. His
Friday in his rear. This troop move
The same question that arose in con
Irew It Instantly, with an exclamation know that the maxim works but one ment w ill leave only about 400 sol about $4,300,000, instead o f $4,900,-
At Maitland’s ear. Incredulous: lips dropped open and his eyes, too
000, as previously estimated.
nection with the bill among good roads
were protruding with amazement. Fea of annoyance and four scorched lin way; and if we would say: "Man is | diers in Juarez.
“ How did you guess?” she breathed.
Among the last bills to receive the men o f Portland will direct the gover
the dog's most faithful friend," there I
He took thought and breath, both lure for feature he was the counter ! gers.
governor's disapproval was the Rogue nor in his course, as the bill fails to
“ He's been at the safe." he added would be many a cavil, saying that it |
briefly, and prevaricated shamelessly: part of the man before him; In a word
Jap Coolies Going Home.
River fish bill, upon which the gover make provision as to who shall have
ptlckly. diverting attention from him was mighty rough on the dog.— Suc
“ Bribed the head clerk of the safe here was the real Anlsty.
San Francisco. The number o f Jap nor for some time has intimated his supervision over the expenditure o f
cess
Magazine.
elf.
"I
was
just
in
time."
manufacturer who built this."
The wonder of It all saved the day
anese laborers in the United States action. He says the people have ex the money.
Klulng. he passed over to the center for Maitland; Anlsty’s astonishment
has decreased 11,152 in the past three pressed themselves without qualifica
“ I cannot allow $340,000 to be
table, the girl following. “ Steady with was sincere and the more complete
years, i f statistics prepared by the tion on the matter and le ft nothing for thrown about among the counties as
the light," he whispered; and loosed la that, unlike Maitland, he had been
Japanese foreign office are correct. the legislature or himself to do other though it were thrown among so many
the string around the mouth of the unprepared to And any one In tht
The figures were made public by Mat- than follow their will.
In the mes birds, with no one having supervision
bag. pouring Its contents, a glistening, III rary.
suzo Nagai, Japanese consul general sage accompanying this veto he says; o f the method o f spending the mon
priceless, flaming. Irldlscent treasure
For a mere second his gaze left
for San Francisco.
The report indi
“ The purpose o f this bill is to nul e y ,” said the governor.
horde, upon the table.
Maitland and traveled on to the girl
cates that the United States has lost
“ O h!” said a small voice at nls side then to the rifled safe— taking In the
6.371 Japanese, o f all classes, by ex
Oliver Bill is Illegal.
Collect Taxes From Clatsop.
And again and again; “Oh, Oh I Oh!" whole significance of the scene. When
cess o f departures over arrivals in the
Salem. Feb. 23. — In an opinion
Salem, Feb. 28.— Assistant A ttor
Maitland himself was moved by the he spoke. It was as if dazed.
three years.
handed down today Attorney General ney General I. H. VanWynkle left
wonder of It. The Jewels seemed to
"By llo d !" he cried—or. rather. He Wlfey'a Economy "'Sat Draw No Praise
to be recharged yet. So rather than
Crawford holds that the Oliver bill, Salem this afternoon for Astoria,
All the room with a flashing, amazing, syllables seemed to Jump from hi.1 !
Uncle
Sam
May
License
Autos.
from Husband.
have that spark wasted. I went Into
providing for relinquishment o f claim where an effort will be made by him
coruscant glamour, rainbow like. His lips like bullets from a gun.
the library at dusk, with all the cur- | Washington The Federal automo by the state to the John Morrison to collect from the county o f Clatsop
breath came hot and fast as he gazed
The words shattered the tableau. O f |
There was a pensive look In Mrs. tains drawn and the shades down, and bile license bill introduced by Wanger, property in Union county, is unconsti about $4,000 o f that county's appor
upon the trove; a queen’s ramsom. a their echo Maitland sprang and fas
of Pennsylvania, was favorably re tutional.
Oliver's bill would make tionment o f the state tax for 1909,
fortune Incalculable even to Its owner. tened his Angers around the other’t Compton's charming eyes, but she Just sat there In the dark—or It would
ported by the house committee on in 1,000 acres, which, it is said, should which Clatsop county refused to turn
As for the girl, he thought that the thront. Carried off his feet by thi smiled across the table at her husband have been dark except for the lantern,
terstate and foreign commerce. The escheat to the state, go to the people over to the state treasurer last spring.
wonder of It must have struck her sheer ferocity of thd assault. Anisty when he asked her If she felt too tired I mean—and pressed one finger sfter
| another on the
lantern
button, measure provides a Federal license in who, he declares, are heirs o f John In view o f the fact that the recent
o
go
with
him
to
a
concert.
“
I
sup-
dumb
Not a sound came from the gave ground a little
For an Instan
changing Angers as they got numb, till addition to the local license, but ex Morrison. Many objections have been legislature appropriated $50.000 for
spot where she stood.
they were swaying back and forth IHvse you have been busy packing all
at last the spark gave out. So now I empts the automobile from the local filed against the bill, it being asserted that county's celebration o f the 100th
day."
he
said,
thoughtfully.
Then, abruptly, the sun went out; with advantage to neither. Then the
license of other states through which that Oliver wrongfully used his posi anniversary o f the settlement o f As
•t least, such was the effect; the light burglar s collar slipped and somehow I "Oh. yea. I've been busy." she said, can have It recharged to-morrow with
it may pass.
Provision also ia made tion as a legislator.
toria it is hoped the county will settle.
of the hand lamp vanished utterly, : tore from Its stud, giving Maitland's with a little sigh, “ but I feel satisfied, a clear conscience.” — Youth’# Compan
for the licensing of drivers.
leaving a partly-colored blur swim hands freer play. His grasp tightened I for everything Is packed now. except Ion.
West ¡a Opposed to Treaty.
Shelbum Wants Waiting Room.
mlng against the Impenetrable black about the man’s gullet; he shook him the last things, that can t go in the
Police Party May Be Lost.
Salem. Feb. 2 3 .--In passing opinion
What's In a Word ?
Salem. Feb. 28.— A petition was
ness, before his eyes.
mercilessly. Anlsty staggered. ga*|>ed. trunks till to-morrow, and besides that
Dawson. Y . T. A police expedi on the proposed Japanese treaty Gov received by the railroad commission
Two men were discussing the trou
His lips opened; but a small hand reeled, struck Maitland once or twice 1 have done something I'm sure will
this morning from citizens who live in
fell firmly upon his own. and a tiny, upon the chest—feeble, weightless el please you. Henry. It will show you bla In India, and each had a deal to tion o f four men. which le ft Fort Mc em or West said today:
“ I believe this is a white man’s the vicinity o f Shelbum, where the
tremulous whisper shrilled In his ear bow Jabs that went for nothing, then | that I'm really learning to be thrifty say about hta notion of Hindu charac Pherson and Hersehel Island, in the
Arctic Ocean, a week before Christ country, and any attempt to open the Corvallis 4 Eastern railroad inter
“ Hush—ah. huehl”
concentrated his energies In a vain and economical like yon.”
ter.
mas. with police advices and mail j flood gates and allow foreign immi sects with the Springfield branch o f
“ What— ?"
attempt to wrench the hands from hts > “ I should like to hear what you've
"Thay're such a bellicose set of from whalers, traders and trappers, gration, especially coolies from Japan
the Southern Pacific company, asking
“ Steady . . . some one coming throat. Keeling, tearing at Maitland’s | done." said Mr. Compton, with as seri
people.” said one.
has not yet arrived here, though the > to pour in should be blocked immedi that the commission investigate condi
. . . the Jewels.”
wrists, fare empurpling, «yes staring ous an air as hla wife's.
"Indeed!” exclaimed the other. In journey should have been made in 30 | ately.” Although the governor has had tions, and, if it is found necessary, to
He heard t h e ' .ill musical clash of In agony, he stumbled.
"I knew that the battery In my Itttle
Mercilessly
tb-sm as her ^xlds swept them bark Maitland forced him to hla knees and electric lantern would not begin to last surprise. “ I was always under the Im days. A relief expedition has gone ! no time o f late to read the papers, he make an order requiring these roads
Into the bag. and a cold, sickening fear bullied hint across the floor toward the till our vacation was over.” said Mrs. pression that they were very spare out from Dawson. Indians report one ! is prepared to state that he does not jointly to build a depot or waiting
whaler at Hersehel.
regard the treaty entirely favorably.
station at the point o f intersection.
rendered him almost faint with the nearest lounge -with premeditated de Compton, "and yet it didn't really need | men."— Harper's Weekly.
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