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.