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room in the Boarding-Home Opposite. .... BOWL. - ^ IO U IJ c JO JIPH ŸANCE. C O P V R I O H T 1 * 0 7 «— T H E E O f t f t a - A H W W l i .1 - C O . 8YNOP3I8. "M a d " Dan M aitla n d , on r e a ch in g hi» N©w Y ork b a c h e lo r clu b , met an uttra< tlv® young w om a n a t th© d oor. J a n ito r O 'H agan asuured h im no one had boon within th a rd a y . D an d isco v e re d a worn an'» Anger print© In d u »t on hi« desk , along with a letter from hi» a ttorn ey . Maitland dined w ith B unn orm un, h i» at- torney. Dan »e t ou t fo r G reenfield s, to get hla fa m ily Jewels. D u rin g his walk to th© cou n try* ©eat, he m et th e y o u n g woman in g ra y , w h om he had seen le a v ing hi© b a c h e lo r »' clu b . H er a u to had broken down. II»* A xed It. B y a rime »h e "lo © t" him. M aitla n d , on rea ch in g hom e, ■urprtaed lady In g r a y , c r a c k in g the s a fe containing hi© g em ». She, a p p a ren tly , took him fo r a w e ll-k n o w n cr o o k . D anh l Anisty. H a lf-h y p n o tis e d . M aitland op en ed hi© ©afe, took th e re fro m the Jew el», and gav© them to her, flr»t fo rm in g a p a r t nership lit crim e. T h e real Dan A nlaty, •ought b y p olleo o f th e w orld, a p p eared on The sam e m ission . M aitla n d o v e r c a m e him. H e met the girl ou tsid e the hou se ana they sped on to N ew York In her a u to. H e had the Jew els am i sh© p rom ised to m eet him that da y. M aitland receiv ed a “ Mr. S n a lth ," In trod u cin g h im se lf as a d©t©< tlv© T o shield the girl In g ra y , Maitland, abou t to ©how him th e Jew els. s u p p osed ly lost, wan felled b y a blow from " S n a lt h 's " ca n e. T h q .la t te r p roved to b© A n lsty h im self an d he »«»cured the gem©. A n lsty. w h o w a s M a itla n d 's d ou ole, m asq u era d ed as the latt»*r. Th«» criminal kept M a itla n d 's en g a g em en t w ith th© girl In g ra y . He g a v e her the gem s, after falling In lo v e nt first sig h t. T h e y w©re to m eet an d d iv id e th© loot. M a it land revived and reg retted m issin g his •ngagement. CHAPTER VIII.—Continued. "Very good, aor." The Janitor-valet had previous experiences with Mait land’s generosity In grateful memory; and shut his lips tightly In promise of virtuous reticence. "You won't regret It. Now tell me what you mean by saying that you saw me go out at one this afternoon?" Again the Aood gates were lifted; from the deluge of explanations and protestations Maitland extracted the general drift of narrative. And in the end held up his hand for silence. "I think 1 understand, now. You say ho had changed to my gray suit?" O'Hagan darted into the bedroom, whence he emerged with continuation of hta statement. " 'Tls gone, aor, an’—" "All right. Hut," with a rueful smile, "I’ll take the liberty of countermand ing Mr. Snalth'* order. If he should call again. O'Hagan. I very much want to tee him.” “ Faith, and 'tla meallf will have a worrud or two to whisper In the ear av him, aor,” announced O'lIaKan. grimly. "I'm afraid the opportunity will be lacking. You may tlx me a hot bath now. O'Hagan, and put out my even ing clothe» I'll dine at the club to night and may not he hack.” And. rlalnK. Maitland approached a mirror; before which he lingered for aeveral minute», cataloguing hla In juries. Taken altogether. they amounted to little. The swelling of hla wrlsta and ankle* was subsiding gradually; there wa* a slight redness visible In the corner» of his mouth, and a shadow of discoloration on his right temple—something that could be coneaaled by brushing hia hair In a new way. “I think I shall do." concluded M tit- land; “thera'a nothing to excite partic ular comment. The bulk of the sore neaa Is Inaida.” Seven p. m. "Time," said the short and thick set man casually, addressing no one In particular. He shut tha lid of hla watrh with a aaap and returned the timepiece to hta waistcoat pocket. Simultaneously he eurveyed both aide* of l he short block between Seventh and St. Nich olas avanues with ona comprehensive Presumably he saw nothing of inter est to him. It was not a particularly interesting block, for that matter, though somewhat typical of the neigh borhood. The north side was lined with five-story flat buildings, their dingy-red brick facades regularly broken by equally dingy brownstone sloops, as to the ground floor, by open windows as to those above. The smith side was mostly taken up by a tow ering white apartment hotel with an ostentatious entrance; against one of whose polished stone pillars the short and thick sot man was lounging. The sidewalks, north and south, swarmed with children of assorted ages, playing with the ferocious en ergy characteristic of the young of Harlem; their blood curdling erles and premature Fourth-of July fireworks created an appalling din, to which, however, the more mature denizens had apparently become callous, through long endurance, Heyond the party-colored lights of n drug store window on Seventh avenue, the electric ares were casting a sickly radiance upon the dusty leaves of the tree-lined drive. The avenue Itself was crowded with motor cars and horse-drawn pleasure vehicles, mostly bound uptown, their oeeupants seeking the cooler airs and wider spaces to be found beyond the Harlem river and along the Speedway. A few blocks to the west Cathedral heights bulked like a great wall, wrapped In purple shad ows, its jugged contour stark against an evening sky of suave old rose. The short and thick-set body, how ever, seemed to have uo particular ap preciation of (he beauties of nature as exhibited by West One Hundred and Klghteentb street on a summer's even Ing. If anything, he could apparently have desired a cooling breeze; for, after a moment's doubtful considera tion, he unbuttoned Ills wntstcout and heaved a sigh of relief. Then, carefully shifting the butt of a dead cigar from one corner of his mouth to the other, where It was al most hidden by the jutting thatch of Ills Mark mustache, and drawing down over his eyes the hrlm of a rusty plug hat. he thrust fat hands Into the pock ets of Ills shabby trousers and lounged against the polished pillar even more energetically than before. If that were pessllile. An unromantic, apathetic figure, fitting so naturally into his sur roundings as to demand no second look even from the most observant; yet one seeming to possess a magnetic atlrar- tlon for the eyes of the hallboy of the apartment hotel (who. acquainted by sight and hearsay with the stout gen tleman’s Identity and railing, bent upon him a steadfast and adoring re gnrd), as well as for the policeman who lorded It on the St. Nicholas ave nue corner. In front of the real estate office, and who from time to time shifted hi* contemplation from the In fltdte spaces of the heavens, the he'ter to exchange a furtive nod with the Idler In the hotel doorway. Presently- at no great lapse of time after the short and thick-set man had stowed away his watch—out of the thronged sidewalks of Seventh avenue a man appeared, walking west on the north side of the street and reviewing carelessly the numbers on the Illumin ated fanlights; a tall man, dressed all In gray, and swinging a thin walking ■tick. The short, thick-set person assumed a mien of more Intense abstraction than ever. The tall man In gray paused IndeO- ultely before the brownstone stooti of 6 the house numbered 205, then swung up the steps and into the vestibule. Here he halted, bending' over to scru tinize the names on the letter boxes The short, thick-set man reluctantly detached himself from his polished p'llar and waddled ungracefully across the street. The policeman on the corner seemed suddenly interested In Seventh ave nue, and walked In that direction. The gray man, having vainly de ciphered all the names on one side of the vestibule, straightened up and turned his attention to the opposite wall, either unconscious of or Indif ferent to the shuffle of feet on the stoop behind him. The short, thick-set man removed one hand from a pocket and tapped the gray man gently on the shoulder. “ Lookin’ for McCabe, Anisty?” he Inquired, genially.. The gray man turned slowly, exhib iting a countenance biank with aston ishment. "Reg pardon?” he drawled; and then, with a dawning gleam of recognition In his eyes: "Why, good evening, Hickey! What brings you up this way?” The short, thick-set man permitted his Jaw to droop and his eyes to pro trude for some seconds. “Oh,” he said In a tone of great disgust, "hell!” He pulled himself together with an effort. "Excuse me, Mr. Maitland,” he stammered, “I wasn't lookin’ for yeh.” “To the contrary, I gather from your greeting you were expecting our friend, Mr. Anlsty?” And the gray man smiled. Hickey smiled In sympathy, but with less evident relish of the situation’s humor. "That's right,” he admitted. “ Got a tip from the c’mlss’ner’s office this evening that Anisty would be here at seven o’clock lookin’ for a party named McCabe. I guess it’s a bum tip, all right; but of course I got to look Into it.” “ Most assuredly.” The gray man bent and Inspected the names again. "I am hunting up an old friend,” he explained, carelessly; "a man named Simmons—knew him in college—down on his luck—wrote me yesterday. There he is: Fourth floor, east. I’ll see you when I come down, I hope, Mr. Hickey.” The automatic lock clicked and the door swung open; the gray man pass ing through and up the stairs. Hickey, ostentatiously ignoring the existence of the policeman, returned to bis post of observation. At eight o’clock he was still there, looking bored. At 8:30 he was still there, wearing a puzzled expression. At nine he called the adoring hall- boy, gave him a quarter with minute instructions, and saw him disappear into the hallway of No. 205. Three minutes later the boy was back, breathless hut enthusiastic. "Missis Simmons,” he explained be tween gasps, "says she ain’t never heard of nobody named Maitland. Somebody rang her bell a while ago an' apologized for disturbin’ her—said he wanted the folks on the top floor. 1 guess yer man went acrost the roofs; them houses is all connected, and yuh c'n walk clear from the corner here tuh half-way up tuh Nineteenth street, on Sain' Nicholas avenoo." "Uh-huh,” laconically returned the detective. "Thanks.” And turning on his heel, walked westward. The policeman crossed the street to detain him for a moment's chat. “ I guesB It's all off, Jim,” Hickey (old him. ‘‘Some one must 've tipped that crook off. Anyway, I ain't goln’ to wait no longer.” "I wouldn't neither," agreed the uni- fornu d member. “Say, who's yer friend yeh was talkin’ tuh, 'while ago?” "Oh, a frlen’ of mine. Yeh didn't have no call to git excited then, Jim. G'nlght.” And Hickey proceeded westward, a liHtless and preoccupied man by the vacant eye of him. But when he emerged Into the glare of Eighth ave nue Ills face was unusually red. Which may have been diie to the heat. And just before hoarding a downtown sur face car, "Oh," he enunciated with gus to, "hell!” One a. m. Not until the rich and mellow chime had merged Into the stillness did the Intruder dare again draw breath. Com ing ns It had the very moment that the door had closed noiselessly behind her, the double stroke had sounded to her like a knoll; or, perhaps more like the prelude to the wild alarum of a tocsin, first striking her heart still with terror, then urging It into panic H utterlngs. But these, as the minutes drew on, marked only by the dull methodic tick Ing of the clock, quieted; and at lougth she mustered courage tu move rrom tne door, against which she had flattened herself, one hand clutching the knob, ready to pull it open and fly upon the first aggressive sound. In the Interval her eyes had become accustomed to the darkness. The study door showed a pale oblong on her right; to her left, and a little to ward the rear of the flat, the door of Maitland’s bed chamber stood ajar. To this she tiptoed, standing upon the threshold and listening with every liber of her being. No sounds as of the regular respiration of a sleeper warning her, she at length peered stealthily within; simultaneously she pressed the button of an electric hand- lamp. Its circumscribed blaze wavered over pillows and counterpane spotless and undisturbed. Then for the first time she breathed freely, convinced that she had been right in surmising that Maitland would not return that night. Since early evening she had watched the house from the window of a top- floor hall bedroom In the boarding house opposite. Shortly before seven she had seen Maitland, stiff and uncompromising in rigorous even ing dress, leave in a cab. Since then only once had a light appeared in his rooms; at about half after nine the janitor had appeared In the study, turning up the gas and going to the telephone. Whatever the nature of the communication received, the girl had taken it to indicate that Maitland had decided to spend the night else where; for the study light had burned for some ten minutes, during which the janitor could occasionally be seen moving mysteriously about; and something later, bearing a suitcase, he had left the house and shuffled rapidly eastward to Madison avenue. So she felt convinced that she had all the small hours before her, secure from interruption. And this time, she told herself, she purposed making aa- surance doubly surf. Hut first to guard against discovery from the street. Turning back through the hall, she dispensed with the hand-lamp, enter ing the darkened study. Here all win dows had been closed and the outer shades drawn—O’Hagan’s last act be fore leaving with the suit-case—addi tional proof that Maitland was not ex pected back that night. For the tem perature was high, the air In the closed room stifling. Crossing to the windows, the girl drew down the dark green inner shades and closed the folding wooden shutters over them. And was con scious of a deepened sense of security. Next going to the telephone, she re moved the receiver from the hook and let It hang at the full length of the cord. In the dead silence the small voice of Central was clearly articu late: "What number? Hello, what number?”—followed by the grumbling of the armature as the operator tried fruitlessly to ring the disconnected bell. The girl smiled faintly, aware that there would now be no Interrup tion from an inopportune call. There remained as a final precau tion only a grand tour of the flat; which she made expeditiously, passing swiftly and noiselessly (one contem plating midnight raids does not attire one’s self In silks and starched things) from room to room, all comfortably empty. Satisfied at last, she found herself again in the study, and now boldly, mind at rest, lighted the brass student lamp with the green shade, which she discovered on the desk. Standing, hands resting lightly on hips, breath coming quickly, cheeks flushed and eyes alight with some In timate and Inscrutable emotion, she surveyed the room. Out of the dusk that lay beyond the plash of Illumina tion beneath the lamp, the furniture began to take on familiar shapes; the divans, the heavy leather-cushioned easy chairs, the tall clock with Its pal lid staring face, the small tables and tabourettes, handily disposed for the reception of books and magazines and pipes and glasses, the towering, old- fashioned mahogany book case, the usoless, ornamental, beautiful Chip pendale escritoire, In one corner; all somberly shadowed and all combining to diffuse an Impression of quiet, easy going comfort. Just such a study as he would natur ally have. She nodded silent approba tion of It as a whole. And. nodding, sat down at the desk, planting elbows on Its polished surface, interlacing her Angers and cradling her chin upon their backs, turned suddenly pensive. The mood hell her but briefly. She had no time to waste, and much to accomplish. . . . Sitting back, her fingers „».ight and pressed the clasp of her hand-bag and produced two articles—a golden cigarette case and a slightly soiled canvas bag. The Maitland Jewels were returning by a devious way, to the their owner. tTO BE CONTINUED.) B o th T h in k e r a n d D r in k e r Eminent Englishman One of the Most Bibulous of Men. The great Porson, librarian and Greek scholar, would sit up drinking all night without seeming to feel any- had effects from It. Horne Tooke told Samuel Rogers that he once asked Porson to dine with him In Richmond buildings, and, as he knew that Per son had not been In bed for the three preceding nights, he expected to get rid of hint at a to'erably early hour. Porson. however, kept Tooke up the whole night, and In the morning the latter. In perfect despair, said: "Mr. Porson. I am engaged to meet a friend at breakfast at a coffee house In Leicester square." "Oh,” replied Porson, "I will go with you.” and he accordingly did so. Soon after they had reached the coffee house Tooke contrived to slip out. and, running home, ordered his servant not to let Mr. Porson In. even If he should at tempt to batter down the door. "A man." observed Tooke. “ who could sit up four nights successively might have sat up 40.” Tooke used to say that "Porson would drink Ink rather than not drink at all.” Indeed, he would drink any thin# it* * '■ »Ittin* with • rentlc- man after dinner In the chambers of a mutual friend, a Templar, who was then III and confined to bed. A serv ant came Into the room, sent thither by his master, for a bottle of embro cation. which was on the chimney- piece. "I drank It nn hour ago,” said Porson.—London's T. P.'s Weekly. Immenss Electric Machine. The largest static electric machine ever built 1s owned by a New York physician, and Is six feet high over all, seven feet long and four feet wide, weighing 650 pounds It has 40 glass discs, each 40 Inches In diameter, of which 20 revolve, while the other* re main stationary. It la driven by an electric motor of one-fourth hors* power, being first excited by a small auxiliary hand machine, and at full speed may yield a spark 30 Inches long and three fourths of an inch In diameter. To fully excite the hug* machine requires from five to ten min utes. the charge, however, being r* twined for as much as 12 to 15 hour«. Country Without Reptile*. Newfoundland Is without reptile». It I* said that no snake, frog, toad or Utard ha* ever been seen there. PATTON TO HELP MANKIND. "Special Service” to Be Wheat King's Guiding Star. Chicago— ‘ ‘ Special Service” is to be the guiding star of James a Patten in the distribution o f his fortune for the benefit of humanity during his lifetime. Mr. Patten has declared that " a man should dispose of great wealth for the benefit of the community,” that ‘ ‘ social service is the one great thing in life ,” and so he has set about the disbursement o f his wealth and has given to the most appealing chari ties no less than $2,000,000 within the last six months. Half a million dollars was donated to the cause of medical research in the “ white plague.” Another large con tribution was for the protection and education o f that neglected class called by William L. Bodine “ the children o f the pathetic estate.” A public park has been provided for in Evanston; substantial aid has been extended to the Young Men’s Chris tian association for enlargement of the scope of that institution in dealing with the young men o f this and suc ceeding generations; generous assist ance has been afforded to the cause of education in the Northwestern Uni versity and a large sum given to the Evanston hospital, besides the re sponses to the almost innumerable ap peals that have come to him from the widows, the orphans, the poor and the distressed. Mr. Patten’s intense interest in the tuberculosis investigation dates from the death o f his brother from that disease. WOMAN MAYOR INSTALLED. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE LOAN FUND EXHAUSTED. S T A T E CAN’T STOP EXCHANGE Student* at O. A. C. Must Leave Un less They Can Borrow. Oregon Agricultural College, Cor vallis—The student loan fund of $500, given to the Oregon Agricultural Col lege at the opening of the present college year by Senator R. A. Booth of Eugene, for the temporary assist ance of self-supporting students, is exhausted. This means that some of the hardest working and best students in the institution, both young men and young women, will have to drop out, since, with all their struggle to make their own expenses, they must depend upon an advance o f $5 to $75 to tide them over until they are out and earn ing, where they can pay it back. Since the existence o f the fund was announced a large number of petitions have come to the trustees which upon careful examination proved to be en tirely worthy. The fund, however, could care for only about half the ap plications, and hence, unless the fund is renewed from some source shortly, a number o f the students who have won high grades in their studies while working their way through, will have to give up their studies for the rest of the year. The student requests brought to light some interesting facts as to the courageous endeavor o f some o f the Oregon youth to gain special training in their chosen line. One young man requested a loan of $25 that his sister and he may finish the year’s work. By renting two small rooms and doing their own housekeeping they have been able to complete two years of their course. One young man who requested assis tance made the highest grades of any student in the institution during the first semester, in one o f the heaviest and most difficult courses. A young woman requested a loan o f $5 in order that she may be able to get through the next two months before commence ment, with careful management. Since she is earning her own way in order to gain a college education against her parents’ wishes, she is entirely on her own resources. A senior, who has shown such splen did ability that he has been able to complete the four year course in three years, has asked for a small loan in order to complete his work with his class in June. In spite of his neces sity for earning all o f his expenses, his work in his studies has been of excellent grade Practically 25 per cent of the entire student body is entirely sef-support- ing, 55 per cent are partially depend ent upon what they can earn; and only 20 per cent of the whole enroll ment—most o f whom are girls—do not have to work for the money to pay their college bills Land Reverts to Government if Irriga tion is Not Carried Out. Salem— Having been unable through state legisl»tion to accomplish the ob ject, Wellington G. Howell & Co., during the closing hours of the late congress, succeeded in having a law enacted by which this company is per mitted to exchange 8,793 acres of timber land that it had acquired in a school section at present lying within a national forest reserve for about 9.560 acres o f land that had been re served from entry by the United States government and which was awarded to a Portland company under contract with the state o f Oregon to reclaim under the Carey act. The interests o f the Portland com pany were afterwards purchased by Wellington G. Howell & Co. The 9.560 acres that are to be exchanged for the school lands lie in the Malheur valley, about 20 miles south and east o f Burns and about 10 miles from Lake Malheur. The Wellington in terests acquired the school base, which they exchanged for the arid lands in Malheur county, through purchase, not getting it directly, from the state. For it they paid from $1.25 to $2.50 an acre. There are various estimates s.3 to the value o f the Malheur valley tract, though it is the opinion o f State Engineer Lewis that it cannot success fully be irigated. It was the plan of the Portland company to irrigate by sinking wells, but no work was ever done by that company. She Says One of Sex Will Be Chiet FRU IT PEST SQUAD STARTS. of Police—Ban on Pool Halls. Hunnewell, Kan.—The first meeting Many Important Points to Have O. o f the city council of Hunnewell under A, C. Stations. the new suffragist administration was held Tuesday evening, Mrs. Ella Wil Oregon Agricultural College, Cor son taking her seat as mayor. vallis— A general siege against fruit After the old council had disposed of pests o f every description is now be unfinished business, the new members ing arranged by the experts o f this organized and the mayoress proceeded college. Within the next week or to deliver an informal inaugural ad two six men will be employed to go to dress. various sections o f the state and take She pointed out conditions in Hunne up this work. well that needed rectifying and ex This general fight against the pests plained the hope that her associates in o f fruit crops was authorized by the the council would co-operate with her la3t legislature at the investigation of in seeking to improve the standard of the fruitgrowers o f the state. It will morals by reforming certain abuses. be carried on entirely under the di Mrs. Wilson’s remarks were under rection o f the departments o f plant stood to be directed especially toward pathology, entomology and horticul the pool halls, which Mrs. Wilson be ture o f this institution. Headquarters lieves exert a corrupting influence up will be established in the various fruit on young men. She wants to put the sections o f the state. It has already institutions out of business with a been decided to establish one at Salem, high license tax. and others will probably be located Mrs. Wilson said she would appoint at Roseburg, Portland, Eugene and Mrs. Rosa Osborne, defeated candidate possibly Milton. The work, however, for police judge, to the office o f chief will all be directed from the college. of police. Mrs. Osborne, it is under The details have not been deter stood, has agreed to accept that office, mined upon, but are now being care provided she is given an assistant. fully worked out. The plans will The councilmen have not shown probably be completed within the next much warmth toward some o f Mrs. week or two. Professors Cordley, Wilson’s plans. Lewis and Jackson, who have general One councilman went so far as to charge o f the work, are confident that ASYLUM W ILL BURN OIL. say that the council would not support it will result in saving many thou Mrs. Wilson’s appointments and that Saving of S I6,000 a Year in Fuel to sands of dollars to the fruit growers. there would be no license for the pool Be Effected. Vale Reads Riot Act. halls. Vale— Much perturbed over delays Salem—Contracts were entered into BARS UP IN ASIA MINOR. between the state board and the Stand and various complications in the new water system being constructed at an Russia Opposes American Railroad ard Oil company for fuel oil to be expense of slightly over $100,000 and furnished to the Oregon state insane Interests In Country. asylum during the next three years. begun nine months ago, the Vale city St. Petersburg—That Russia is op The contract is $1.08 a barrel deliv officials have given the American posed to American railway projects in ered, f. o. b. Salem. This oil when Light & Water company, o f Kansas Asia Minor is for the first time offi used, the board has estimated, will be City, until May 1 to put the system in The firm is under cially acknowledged in an interview equivalent to $3.50 a cord if wood working shape. which the editor of the Novoe Vremya were used, wood now costing the state $100,000 bonds. A telegram has been has had with the acting minister of $4.50 a cord. During the three years sent City Engineer W. P. Bullock at foreign affairs, M. Neratoff. the board expects to save $15,000 on Kansas City to send all maps, plans The minister said Russia regarded this contract alone. Recently oil was and contracts o f the system. Bullock the recent acquisition o f a railroad $1.35 delivered in this city, or $1 f. is drawing pay for supervising the outlet at Alexandretta by Germany o. b. Portland the present cost being work, but has not been here since it started and the council is debating with indifference, as Alexandretta is 80.cents f. o. b. Portland. outside the direct sphere o f Russian During the three years starting July whether to dispense with his services. interests. 1 the board expects to use 45,000 bar When Engineer Oakes was appointed On being asked why Russia, accord rels of fuel oil. The cost o f installing by the council a few weeks ago to look ing to reports, had intervened and in storage tanks and burners at the heat over the system and locate the source sisted that Turkey reject the Ameri ing plant at the asylum will be ap o f trouble, no maps, plans or contracts can railroad project o f securing an proximately $2,850, the board conse could be found. Since then the bonds outlet at Mersina, the minister replied quently expecting to effect a net sav o f the contractors have been located that the American proposals intro ing of $12,150 on the change from but other valuable papers are still missing. duced into Asia Minor an entirely new cordwood to coal oil. element, which not only considerably “ This plan will also be beneficial Farmer* Plant Big Orchards. complicated the railroad problem, but to Salem,” said State Treasurer Kay. affected thte general political situation “ People of Salem are finding difficulty Hermiston—The country about Her- in which Russia was interested. in securing wood because the institu miston on both sides of the river is Trees are tions use such immense quantities of being rapidly set to fruit. it, and frequently wood famines have being received by freight in small and Chinamen Charge Libel. Liverpool—The Chinamen of Liver resulted. The board hopes to use oil large shipments. Others are coming pool, whose increasing numbers and at the penitentiary later in the year.” by express. On the west side o f the river the acreage set this spring will alleged evil practices have been the be almost 300 acres. On the east subject of adverse comment recently, Plans Experimental Farms. side the new acreage will reach 500 if show no disposition to take the attacks Lakeview— C. H. McKendree is to calmly. A libel suit brought by lead donate for the experimental and di - not over. Of this vast area set to ers in “ Chinatown” against the editor monstration purposes 40 acres o f any fruit this spring nearly all is being of the Liverpool magazine was begun land on the west side together with given to apples. The Winesap leads in the courts. The defendant is free water right as long as the local with more o f that variety than all oth charged with imputing immoral prac commercial organization will plant ers together. tices to Chinamen and with defaming and cultivate it for the benefit o f the Prepare for New Railroad. generally “ subjects o f the Chinese publicity movement. Nyssa—The unloading o f several emperor, with intent to excite hatred Mr. McKendree years ago roughly against them.” planned the irrigation system now un carloads of material at Nyssa the past der construction that will reclaim this week by the Oregon Short Line indi Balloon Flight Failure. entire valley and has been one o f the cates that no time is to be lost in the St. Louis— With only three sacks of most active workers up to its present building o f the Nyssa-Homedale ex tension. The material consisted ballast remaining out of 47 they car state o f efficiency. mostly o f lumber for the erection of ried when they left San Antonio, Tex., headquarters for the engineer and his Lieutenant H. E. Honeywell and J. W. Institute Plans Made. Tolland, o f St. Louis, landed 15 miles Astoria—Columbia county will unite crew. Engineer Ashton has been to south of Little Rock, Ark., and gave with Clatsop in holding a joint teach Nyssa several times the past week to up their attempt to lower the Lahm ers’ institute in this city during the start the crews on the surveys. Con balloon cup record. This is the third Centennial celebration and while the tracts will be let this month. attempt within a year to lift the cup exact dates have not yet been set, the Work Begins on Bridge. by starting from San Antonio. Clif session will be about September the ford Harmon tried it in the spring of first. Heretofore the Clatsop county , Madras — Work has commenced on 1910 and landed in Arkansas. Febru- institutes have been held during the the foundations for the big Harriman a-y last William Assman. of St. Louis, Spring. The program will consist bridge across Willow creek gorge on started, but landed in Missouri. principally of lectures on subjects con the western edge o f town. Large nected with the early history of the quantities o f materials— cement, etc., a concrete mixer, donkey engine and Navy Gunners Marvels. original Oregon country. equipment are already on the ground, San Diego, Cal. — According to a while the excavation for the concrete Could Not Let His Orchard Go. current repot which is generally cred ited, the battleship South Dakota, Central Point — Fred H. Hopkins, bases for the four steel towers that while engaged with the California and who for five years owned the Snowy are to support the bridge is being Maryland in target practice off this Butte orchard and sold it something done. port, recently made a record with six- over a year ago to John R. Allen o f [ Wheat Helped By Snow. inch guns that has hardly a parallel. New York City, has purchased back at Condon — Condon was visited by a Firing at five different targets at a a price exceeding the sale price that snow o f about two inches Monday distance o f 10,000 yards, the South part of the orchard lying east of the night and people were jubilant over it Dakota, according to the report, made railroad tracks, including the house because o f the big benefit to the farm a record of 34 hits out o f 35 shots with and the celebrated section o f Winter ers who have grain sown. Not enough her six-inch guns. Nellis pears, and will retum.to reside can be said o f the benefits derived upon it in the near future. from snow falling this time o f the Bibles Conceal Crime. year on ground that is planted to Chicago — After the arrest o f An Plant 16 Acres to Cantaloupes. grain, as it receives nearly every bit drew Buktus. on a charge of counter Pendleton — J. W. Muir, o f Free o f moisture in that form. feiting. Uited States secret service water. is to have the only exclusive men found a counterfeiting plant for cantaloupe farm in Oregon, if not in Will Irrigate 1.000 Acre*. raising $2 bills to $20, hidden under a the Northwest. He has just announc Ontario—The Ontario Townsite com pile of bibles in Buktus’ room. When ed his intention of planting his entire pany has ordered the machinery, mo arrested Buktus said he was a bible 15 acres to the melons, and has sent to tors and pumps, costing over $8,000, salesman. In a case under the bibles the Rocky Ford gardens in Colorado to irrigate 1.000 acres o f land adjoin was found a set of dies and tools, to for tested seed. Four different^varie- ing town. The work will be com gether with several altered bills. ties will be planted. pleted this spring.
