a silence; a prolonged buzz; a nd again
t h e sounding silence.
" H e l lo ! ” he said, softly, into the
t r a n s m i t te r , a t a venture.
No a nsw e r.
“H e llo ! ’’
T h e n c entral, Irrita b ly : “Go ahead.
You've got yo u r p a r ty . ”
"H ello, h e llo !"
*
A fa int hum of voices, r ising and
falling, beat a g a in st t h e walls of his
un d e rstan d in g .
W ere
th e
wires
c ro sse d ? H e lifted an i m p a tie n t Anger
to jiggle th e hook a nd call c e n t r a l to
ord e r,
w h e n —s o m e th i n g
c rash e d
heavily. H e could ha v e likened the
sound, without a st r a in of Im agination,
to a c h a i r being violently ove rturne d.
And th e n a w o m a n ’s voice, cle ar, ac
c e n ts Inform ed with a n g e r a n d pain:
“N o ! " a n d t h e n —
“Say, t h a t ’s my m is ta k e . T h a t line
you h a d ’s out of order. I had a call
for th e m a while ago, and they didn't
a nsw e r. G uess you’ll have to w att.”
" C e n tra l!
C e n t r a l ! " he pleaded,
de sp e ra tely . "I sa y, c e n tr a l, give me
t h a t connection again, please ."
“Ah, say! w h a t's t h e m a t t e r with
you, a n y w a y ? Didn't I tell you th a t
line was out of o r d e r ? Ring off!”
Autom atically M aitland r e tu r n e d the
re c e iv e r t o Its re s t ; and rose, white-
lipped a n d trem bling. T h a t wom an's
voice!
C H A P T E R X.
Consequences.
Followed Her, Lighting the W ay.
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C O P r R I O W T 1907 —
T H E R O e p a - A l t W W I L L CO.
8 Y N O P S I3 .
" M a d ” P a n M a itla n d , on r e a c h in g his
N *w Y ork b a c h e lo r club, m e t a n a t t r a c
tiv e y o u n g w o m a n a t th e door. J a n i t o r
O 'H u g a n a s s u r e d h im no o n e h a d b een
w ith in t h a t d ay . D an disco v e red a w o m
a n ' s f in g e r p r i n t s in d u s t o n h is d e sk ,
a l o n g w i t h a l e t t e r f r o m il ls a t t o r n e y .
M a itla n d d in e d w ith H u n n e r m a n , his a t
torney.
D a n s e t o u t f o r G r e e n f i e l d s , to
g e l tils f a m i l y J e w e l s .
D u r in g his w alk
to th e c o u n try seat, he m e t th e y o u n g
w o m a n In g r a y , w h o m h e h a d s e e n l e a v
in g hla b a c h e l o r s ’ club.
H e r auto
hail
b r o k e n d o w n . I I *1 f ix e d It. H y a r u s e s h e
"lo u t" him . M a itla n d , o n r e a c h in g h om e ,
s u r p r i s e d l a d y In K r a y , c r i i e k l n i i t h e s a f e
eo n taln ln k
his
KeiiiM. S h e . a p p a r e n t l y ,
took h im f o r a w e l l - k n o w n e ro o k , lh m l e l
A nisty. H a lf-h y p n o tis e d , M a itla n d opened
h ts aufe. to o k t h e r e f r o m t h e Jew els, a n d
( r av e t h e m t o h e r , f i r s t f o r m i n g a p a r t
n e r s h i p In c r im e . T h e r e a l D a n A n la ty ,
n o u g h t hy police o f th e w o rld , a p p e a r e d
on th e an m e m issio n M a itla n d o v e r e a m e
him
l i e m e t th e girl o u ts id e th e h o u s e
a n d t h e y s p e d o n t o N e w Y o r k In h e r a u
to. l i e h a d t h e J e w e l s a n d s lip p r o m i s e d
to m eet h im th a t day. M a itla n d received
• "M r. S n a lt h ," In tro d u c in g h im se lf a s a
detective.
T o s h i e l d t h e iflrl In g r a y ,
M a it la n d , a h n u t to s h o w h im t h e J e w
e l s. s u p p o s e d l y l o s t , w a s f e l l e d b y a b l o w
f r o m " n n a l t h ’s " c a n e . T h e l a t t e r p r o v e d
to be A n laty h im se lf a n d be s e c u re d the
gem s. A ntsty. w ho w a s M a itla n d 's d o u
bl e . m a s q u e r a d e d
as th e la tte r.
The
crim in a l kep t M a itla n d 's e n g a g e m e n t w ith
t h e g irl In g r a y . H e g a v e h e r t h e g e m s ,
u f t e r f u l l i n g In l o v e a t f i r s t s i g h t . T h e y
w e r e t o i n s e t a n d d i v i d e t h e lo o t . M a l l
la n d revived an d re g re tte d m issin g
his
engagem ent.
A nlaty.
m a sq u e rad in g
as
M aitland.
n arrow ly
avoided
capture
t h r o u g h m y s t e r i o u s ti p . T h e g i r l In g r a y
v is it e d M a i t l a n d 's n p n r t m e n t s d a r i n g his
ab sen ce a n d re tu rn e d g em s, being d is
covered on re tu rn .
C H A P T E R IX.—Continued.
Rut not to rest. T he portion of th e
m e nta lly h a ra ss e d , sle eplessne ss, was
hla; and for an hour or m o r e h e tossed
upon his bed (upon w hich he had
throw n hltu self w ithout tr o ubling to
u n d r e s s ) , pondering, to no profit of
his, the h u n d r e d problem s, difficulties
and d is a d v a n ta g e s su gge ste d or c r e
ate d by t h e e v e n ts of th e p a st 24
hours.
T he gra y gtrl, Antsty, th e Jewels,
him self; unflagging, his t h o u g h ts ctr
cu m n a v lg ated the world of his ro
m ance. touching only nt th es e four
ports, and r e tu r n in g a lw a y s to lin ger
longest In th e h a rb o r of se n tim e n t.
T h e g r a y girl:
S t r a n g e th at h e r
personality should h a v e com e to d o m i
n a te his th o u g h ts In a spa c e of tim e
so brief! a nd upon grounds of inti
macy so slender! W ho a nd what was
sh e ?
W hat cruel rigor of c ir c u m
s t a n c e had Impelled h e r to se e k a live
lihood In w ays so s in is te r ? At whose
door m ust th e blam e be laid, against
w hat flaw In the body social should
th e Indictm ent be draw n, th a t she
should have been forced Into the r a n k s
of th e pow ers th at p r e y —a girl of h e r
youth a n d r a re fiber, of h e r cultivation,
h e r c h arm , and beauty?
T h e a h e e r loveliness of her. h e r
g ra c e and gentleness, he r Ingenuous
sensitiveness, h e r wit; they combined
to m ak e th e thought of her. to him. at
least, at o n e e te rrib le nnd a delight.
R e m e m b e r in g th at onee he had held he r
In hla arm s, a n d gazed Into h e r starlit
eyes, and Inhaled tho Im palpable fra
gra nce of her, he trem bled, was both
glad and afraid.
And h e r w ays so hedged about with
perils! W hile he m ust s ta n d aside. Ini
potent, • pillar of th e social o r d e r se
c u r e In Its shelte r, and se e h e r hounded
a n d driven by the forces of the latw.
hurried and worried like a n unclean
thing, forced, a s It m ight be, to re sort
t o s t r a ta g e m s and e x p e d ie n ts unthluk
Uble, to p r e s e r v e h e r liberty
It was a lt o g e th e r Intolerable. H e
could not s t a n d I t And y e t—It was
w ritten th a t th e i r p a th s had crossisl
a n d p a r te d a n d were n e v e r again to
touch.
O r was It? It m u s t be so
w r i t te n : T h e y would n e v e r m eet again
A fte r all, h e r co n ce rn with, h e r Inter
e st In, him, could ha v e been nothin g
perm anent.
T hey h a d e n co u n tere d
Wider s t r a n g e a uspice s and he had
t r e a te d he r with c om m on decency, for
which she tiad repaid him In good
m e a s u r e hy p e r m ittin g him to retain
his own property. T h e i r a cc ount was
even, and sh e for e ver done with him.
T h a t m u s t be h e r a ttitu d e .
Why
should It be a n y th in g else?
“Oh, lht> d e v il ! ” exclaim ed th e young
m an In disgust. And rising, took his
d i s t e m p e r to th e window.
L ea n in g on th e sill, he t h r u s t head
a nd shoulde rs fur out over th e garish
a b y s s of m etropolitan night. T h e hot
b r e a t h of th e city fanned up In stilling
w a ves Into his face, from th e stre et
below, upon whoso pa inte d p a v e m e n ts
m en c raw led like Insects— round mov
ing sp ots, to e a c h his ro m an c e un d e r
hts hat.
T h e window was on th e corner, ove r
looking the ju n r tl o n of t h r e e g reat
h ig h w a y s of h u m a n ity : T w e nty-third
s tr e e t, witli Its boom in g c ro ssto w n
c ars, s tr e tc h in g a w a y Into t h e d a r k
n e ss on e it h e r h a n d ; Ilroadway, f o r k
ing off to th e left, Its d i s t a n c e s merg-
glng Into a hot glow of yellow ra d i
a n c e ; Fifth a venue , hrn n c h ln g Into the
n o rth with Its d e solate side w a lks oddly
p a tt e rn e d In a r e a s of denso shadow
a n d a cold, c le a r light. O v e r th e way
th e p a r k loomed darkly , for all Its
s c a tt e r e d arcs, a black a n d silent
space, a well of m ystery.
It was late, quite late ; th e clock
tn front of Horton's (ho c r a n e d hts
neck to see) m a d e th e hour one In the
m o rn in g ; th e side w a lks w ere com
p a rattv e ly deserted, even the pillared
portico of tho Fifth Avenue hotel d e s
t i t u t e of loungers. A tim id hint of
coolness, fo r e r u n n in g th e dawn, rode
up on th e breeze.
H e looked up a n d a w ay n o rth w a rd ,
for m any m in utes, ove r housetops
stenciled black a g a in s t tho glowing
sky, hts gaze y e a r n i n g Into vast dls
t a n c e s of space, m elancholy tin geing
th e complexion of his mind. He f a n
cied him self o p pre sse d by a vague u n
e asine ss. u n a cc ounta ble a s to cause,
un les s—
From the sublim e to th e ridiculous
with a vengeance, his t h o u g h ts t u m
bled. Clone the g la m o u r of rom anc e
in a twinkling, banished by ra n k ma
terlallsm . He could have blushed for
sh a m e ; he got slowly to his feet. Ir
resolute. try in g to grnpple with a con
ditlon th at ne v er before In his exls
fence had he been called upon to con
sitter.
H e had Just realized th at he was
flat-strapped for cash. He had given
his last q u a r te r to the cabby, hours
hack. He was re g is te red a t a s tr a n g e
hotel, u n d e r an a ssu m e d n am e, u n
able to beg credit e ven for his break-
fust without de claring hts Identity and
t h ere b y laying h im s elf open to suspi
cton, discourtesy, Insult.
Of course t h e r e w ere w a ys out. He
could tele phone tta n n e rm a n , o r any
o t h e r of half a dozen a cq u a in ta n ce s, tn
t h e m o rn in g ; but th at Involved e x p la
nations, and e x p la n a tio n s Involved
m a k in g him self th e bu tt of hts circle
for m any a weary day.
T h e r e was m oney in hts lodgings.
In th e Chippendale esc rito ire ; but to
get It he would ha v e to ru n t h e g a u n t
let of re p o rte r s and d e te ctives which
had a lre ady dism ayed him In prospect.
O ’H a g a n - ah!
At the h e ad of hts bed w a s a te le
phone. Impulsively. I n c o n sid e ra te of
th e hour, he t u r n e d to It.
"Ulve m e nlne-o-etght nine Madison,
please," he sa id; and waited, rece ive r
to ear.
T h e r e was a slight p a u se ; a b u s t ;
th e voice of th e s w itc h b o a r d o p e r a
to r below s ta ir s r e p e a tin g th e n u m b e r
to c e n t r a l ; c e n t r a l 's a p p ro p ria te ly
m ec hanic al r e ite r a tio n ; a n o th e r buss;
B r e a t h i n g convulsively, wide eyes a
little wildly fixed upon hts face tn the
lam plight, th e girl stu m b le d to he r
feet, a n d for a m o m e n t re m a in e d cow
e rln g a g a i n s t th e wall, ter r ib ly sh aken,
a h a n d grip p in g a c o r n e r of th e p a ck
ing box for support, th e o t h e r pressed
a g a in s t th e bosom of h e r d r e s s a s If In
a t t e m p t forcibly to quell th e m ad h a m
m erin g of h e r he art.
In h e r brain , a turm oil of affrighted
thought, but one t h in g stood out c le a r
ly; now sh e need look for no mercy.
T h e first tim e it had been different;
she had not been a woman h a d she
been unable th e n to se e t h a t t h e a d
ve nture Intrig ued M aitland with Its
spice of novelty, a new sensation, fully
as m uch a s she, herself, t h e pretty
woman out of place, In te r e ste d and a t
t r a c te d him. H e h a d enjo yed playing
the part, h a d been a m u s e d to lead her
to believe him a n a d v e n t u r e r of m e t
tle a n d c a lib e r little inferior to her
ow n —-as he u n d e rstood h e r; u n s c r u p u
lous, im p a tie n t of the quibble of
m eum -et-tunm, but a d ro it and k e en
witted, a n d d istinguishe d and s e t a p a r t
from th e herd by gra ce of g c atle
b re eding a n d chivalric instin cts.
How far he m ig h t or m ig h t n o t have
let th is e n jo y m e n t c a r r y hint, she had
no m e a n s of surm ising. Not very far,
not too far, sh e was inclined to be
lieve, s t r o n g l y . a s sh e knew h e r pe r
sonality to h a v e influenced him ; not
far e nough to induce him to t r u s t her
out of sight with t h e Jewels. He had
d e m o n s tr a t e d that, to he r humiliation.
T ho flush of e x c ite m e n t waning,
m an lik e soon had he w earied of the
g a m e —sh e t h o u g h t; to h e r mind. In
disto rte d re tro sp ec t, his a tt i tu d e when
leaving he r a t da w n had been Insin-
cero, conte m ptuous, t h a t of a m an r e
lieved to be rid of her, relieved to be
a b le to get. a w ay in unquestioned pos
session of his t r e a s u r e . T rue, th e sug
gestion t h a t th e y lunch to g e t h e r at
K ugene’s had been his. Rut h e had
forgotten t h e e n g a g e m e n t, if e v e r he
hud m e a n t to keep it, if th e notion had
been m ore t h a n a whim of t h e m o m e n t
with him. And O 'H a g a n had told her
by tele p h o n e t h a t M aitland had left
his room s a t one o'clock—in am ple
tim e to m e e t h e r a t th e r e s t a u r a n t.
No, he had n e v e r intended to come;
h e had w e arie d; yet, p a tie n t with her,
t r u e to th e e lh le s of a g e n tle m an, he
had been c o n te n t to let h e r go, r a th e r
t h a n to send a d e te ctive to ta k e his
place.
And th is was so m e thing, by the
way, to c a u s e h e r to revise h e r theory
as to the m a n n e r in which Anisty had
m an a g ed to ste al the Jewels. If Mait
land had gone a b r o a d a t one, a n d w ith
out Intending to keep his e n g a g e m e n t
at E ugene's, th e n h e m u s t h a v e begn
despoiled before th a t hour, a n d w ith
out his knowledge.
Surely, If the
Jewels h a d h e r n ta k e n from hint with
hts cognizance, the h u e a n d cry would
have been out a n d Anisty would not
have d a r e d to linger so long in the
n e ig h b o r h o o d !
T o be Just with herself, th e girl had
not gone to the r e s t a u r a n t with m uch
real hope of finding Maitland th ere
Curiosity had d r a w n h e r —ju s t to see
If— Hut It was too pre p o stero u s to
c r e d i t th a t he sh ould have cared
enough. Quite too pre p o stero u s!
It
w a s h e r cup, h e r b i t t e r cup, to know
t h a t s h e had l ea rn ed to" c a r e enough
—a t sight!
And she recalled (with
w h a t pangs of s h a m e and m isery
begged e x p r e s s i o n !) how h e r h e art
h a d been s tir r e d when sh e had found
him ( a s she th o u g h t) t r u e to his tr y s t ;
e ven as she recalled the agony and dis
t r e s s of mfnd with which she had a
m o m e n t l a t e r fa thom ed A n lsly's Ini-1
p e rsonation.
'
For, of course, she h a d kn o w n that
Maitland was Maitland and none o t h e r
f r o m th e i n s t a n t when he told h e r to
m a k e good he r e sc a p e and leave him
to brazen it ou t; a ta s k to d a u n t even
a s hold a n d resourceful a c rim in al a s
Anisty, and m ore especially If h e w ere
c alled upon to don th e m ask a t a m in
u te's notice, a s M aitland had pre
ten d e d to. Or. If sh e had not actually
known, sh e had been led to su spec t;
a n d It had hardly needed w h a t she had
h e a r d him say to th e s e r v a n ts , when
he th o u g h t h e r flying hotfoot over th e
law n to safety, to h a r d e n suspicion
in to c ertain ty .
And now t h a t he should find h e r
here, a se cond tim e a t r e s p a s s e r ,
doubly an ln g ra te — t h a t h e should
h a v e c a u g h t h e r red-handed in th is
a b o m ina bly u ngrateful t r e a c h e r y ! She
could pretend, of course, t h a t sh e had
r e tu r n e d m erely to r e s t o r e the Jewels
a nd the c ig a r e t t e c ase; a n d he would
believe he r, for he was generous. She
could, but— she could not. N ot now.
Y e ste rda y, t h e e x c ite m e n t Had buoyed
h e r; s h e had gained a p iquant en jo y
m e n t from befooling him, playing h e r
p a r t of t h e a m a t e u r c r a c k s m a n in this
little c om edy of the stolen jewels. But
t h e r e in lay the difference; yesterday
it had been comedy, but to-day—ah!
to-day she could no longer laugh. For
now she cared.
A little lie would c le a r h e r —yes.
Hut It was not t o be c le are d t h a t she
now so p a ssiona te ly d e sired ; it was
to h a v e him believe in h e r, even
a g a i n s t t h e e vidence of his sense s,
e v en in th e face of t h e world's coft-
d e m n a tio n ; and to prove t h a t he, too,
c a r e d —e a re d for h e r a s his a tt i tu d e
to w a rd h e r had ta u g h t h e r to care.
E v e r since leaving him In th e daw n
she had fed h e r s t a r v e d h e a r t with the
hope, faint hope though It were, th at
he would come to c a r e a little, t h a t he
would not u tte r ly despise her, t h a t he
would u n d e r s t a n d a n d forgive, when
he l ea rn ed why sh e h a d played out
h e r part, nor believe t h a t she was the
e m b o d im e n t of all t h a t was Ignoble,
coarse, and c ru d e; t h a t he would show
a little faith in her, a little faith
th a t tike a flickering t a p e r m ig h t light
the way for— love.
Hut t h a t hope was now dead w ithin
her, a n d cold. She had but to look
a t him .to see how groundless It had
been, how utte rly unm oved he was by
h e r distress. H e w aited p a tie n tly —
t h a t was all—se e m in g so very tall, a
pillar of righte ous s tr e n g th , d is t in
guished and at e a s e in his evening
clo th e s; waiting p a tie n t b ut cold, dis
p a s s io n a te a n d disdainful.
"I a m waiting, you see. Might I su g
gest t h a t we h a v e not all w eek for
ou r— our ntutual d ifferences?”
H is tone was a lt o g e th e r c h ange d;
she would h a rdly ha v e know n It for his
voice.
Its incisive, clipped acc ents
w ere Jike a knife to h e r sensitiveness.
She sum m oned the r e s e r v e of he r
str e n g th , stood erect, u nsupporte d, and
m oved forward without a word. He
stood aside, holding the lam p high,
a n d followed her, lig hting t h e way
down th e ha ll to t h e study.
Once there , sh e sa n k quivering Into
a c h a ir ,1 while he proceeded gra vely to
th e desk, p ut down t h e lamp— s u p e r
fluous now, t h e gas having been
lighte d— and a f te r a m o m e n t's th ought
faced he r, with a c o n te m p tu o u s sm ile
a n d lift of his sh oulders, t h r u s t in g
h a p d a deep Into his pockets.
" W e ll? ” he d e m a nded, cuttingly .
She m ade a little m otion of he r
h a n d s, begging for t im e ; and, a s s e n t
ing with a s h o r t nod, he took a tu rn
up a n d down the room, then a b s t r a c t e d
ly re ac h ed up a n d t u rn ed out th e gas.
" W h e n you a re quite composed I
should enjoy h e a r in g your s t a te m e n t . ”
“I—h a v e none to m ake."
" S o ! ”— with his back to the lamp,
to w e rin g ove r a n d opp re ssin g her
with th e se n se of his s t r e n g th and self-
control. " T h a t Is very odd. Isn’t It?”
"I ha v e no—no e xpla nation to give
t h a t would sa tisfy you, or myself,"
she said, brokenly. "I— I don’t c a r e
w hat you th in k ." w ith a flicker of d e
fiance. "Hiflleve t h e w orst a n d —and
do what you will— ha v e me a r r e s t e d — ”
H e laughed sardonically. “Oh, we
w on't go so f a r a s that, I gue ss; h a r s h
m e a su r e s, such a s a r r e s t a n d Im pris
o n m en t, a r e so u n s a tis f a c to r y to all
c once rned.
Hut 1 am in te r e s t e d to
know why you a r e he re."
H e r b re a t h in g seem ed ve ry loud la
t h e pa use ; she ke pt h e r lips tight,
(c arin g to a peak lest she lose h e r m a s
t e r y of self. And h y s te r ia t h r e a te n e d ;
th e fluttering in h e r bosom w a rned
he r. She m u s t be very careful, very
r e s tr a in e d , if s h e w e re to a v e r t th a t
cro w n in g m isfortu ne,
"I d o n 't th in k 1 quite u n d e r s ta n d
you," h e c ontinued, m u singly; "surely
you m u st have a n tic ip a te d In terru p
tion."
“I th o u g h t you safely out of the
way— ”
“One p re su m ed t h a t ." H e laughed
again, u n plea sa ntly. "H ut how about
M a itla n d ?
Didn't you have him in
your c alculations, or— "
H e paused, unfeig nedly su rp rise d by
h e r expression. And chuckled when
h e com prehended.
(TO HE CONTINUED.)
U N IO N S R E T A L IA T E .
Burns and Assistants A re Placed U n
d er A rrest fo r Kidnaping.
Indianapolis, A pril 26.— D etective
B urns w as served w ith a w arran t a t 6
o ’clock th is evening, ch arg in g him
w ith com plicity in th e kidnaping o f J.
J . M cN am ara, se c re ta ry -tre a s u re r of
the In tern atio n al A ssociation o f Bridge
and S tru ctu ral Iron W orkers.
T hree atto rn ey s, arraig n ed today on
the sam e charge, sp en t tw o hours in
ja il because o f delay in obtain in g
bonds. They are W alter D rew and J.
A. G. B adorf, of New York, counsel
and a ss ista n t counsel fo r the N ational
E recto rs’ association, and W. Joseph
Ford, assista n t d is tric t atto rn ey of
Los A ngeles.
Burns w as arrested w hile going to
the court o f Ju stic e M anning to su r
render him self. He w as released un
der $10,000 bond to appear before the
grand ju ry and w as subpoenaed to te s
tify tom orrow m orning. D rew, Ba
d o rf and Ford w ere released under
bonds of th e sam e am ount. They
w aived p relim in ary exam ination and
w ere bound over to th e grand ju ry .
F ran k Fox, a chauffeur, charged
w ith a ssistin g in the alleged kidnap
ing o f M cN am ara, who w as taken
from here la s t S aturday, w as released
under $5,000 bond to appear before the
grand ju ry . C onstables w ith “ John
D oe’’ w arra n ts a re said to be seeking
some o f B u rn s’ assistan ts.
P IR A T E S L O O T S H IP .
Held O ff Only By A rm s W hile
sengers A re T ra n s fe rre d .
Pas
INDUSTRIAL development and
PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE
Klam ath
and Lake County
Have Scabies.
Animals
Salem — G overnor W est has been
called upon to q u aran tin e the c a ttle in
K lam ath and Lake counties unless
they have been exam ined o r pronoun
ced free from c a ttle scab. S ta te Sheep
Inspector L ytle declares th a t unless
such q u aran tin e m easures are tak en it
is probable th a t the Federal govern
m ent will q u aran tin e the en tire state.
Dr. A. D. M elvin, chief o f the bu
reau o f anim al industries a t W ashing
ton, D. C., has received w ord from
D r. H. E. Pinkerton, inspecto r in
charge a t Pendleton, O r., fo r th e Fed
eral governm ent, th a t scabies e x ist
am ong the cattle.
Dr. P inkerton rep o rts finding 13,330
c a ttle diseased in Lake county. These
c a ttle, he reported, becam e infected
through anim als brought from C ali
fo rn ia and all th e c a ttle on the open
range are exposed.
Sheep Inspector L ytle "made an in
spection tr ip through K lam ath, Lake
and Crook counties, covering the en
tire d istric t. H e says th a t w hile con
ditions are not o f a dangerous n atu re
th e m anner in w hich ca ttle have been
run in K lam ath and Lake counties for
the p ast y ear, m akes p ractically ail
anim als m ore o r less exposed to c a ttle
m ange.
“ The w in te r in the in te rio r o f O re
gon has been unusually long and se
v e re ,” Mr. L ytle reports, “ and a t this
tim e m ost of th e range anim als are so
th in and weak th a t they could not be
dipped now, ow ing to th e ir in ab ility
to clim b out of the dipping v a t.”
H e says a q u aran tin e would not
dam age the c a ttle industry to any ex
te n t and would be less injurious to the
c a ttle in te re sts than a Federal q u aran
tine. G overnor W est has not tak en
action but will probably issue a proc
lam ation soon.
Shanghai, China — W arships prob
ably will be sent to recover as much
as possible o f th e w recked steam er
A sia's cargo, w hich w as abandoned to
Chinese p irates when the passengers
and crew w ere tak en off by th e Chi
nese steam er Shoaking. The value of
the cargo, made up principally of silk
is estim ated a t $500,000.
A fte r th e passengers had escaped,
p irates attack ed the crew and though
the sailors p u t up a hard fight, cap
tured one sto k er and carried him away.
The others o f th e crew , w ith the
passengers and th e
m ails,
w ere
F IN E D E P O T S P L A N N E D .
brought to th is port. A ccording to
passengers, the officers had to use
th e ir revolvers to keep the p ira te s at O .-W . R. & N. to Build Well on Des
bay w hile th e passengers w ere being
chutes Line.
tran sferred . D irectly the A sia was
P ortland— C ontracts for th e erection
abandoned the p ira te s looted her.
I t is estim ated the to tal loss of ship of five new passenger statio n s on the
D eschutes line o f the O.-W . R. & N.
and cargo am ounts to $1,500,000.
Co. have been aw arded to Moore Bros.,
N E A R -M A G IC S A V E S J E W E L .
o f P ortland, and w ork on th e ir con
struction w ill be sta rte d a t once.
W om an’s Brooch Sticks on Auto T ire
T hree o f these stru c tu re s— one each
a t H unts F erry, G atew ay and M adras
and T ravels 1 ,0 0 0 M iles.
Ocean P ark , C al.— N ear-m agic has — w ill have general dim ensions of
been discovered in a diamond brooch 24x30 feet, and w ill be tw o sto ries
by Mrs. W a lte r K eating, w ife of one high a t one end. I t is estim ated th a t
The tw o
of the w ealth y heirs o f th e late n itra te they w ill cost $4,500 each.
king. Though the brooch fell from others w ill be erected a t F a rg a r and
her w a ist into th e stre e t, it was P axton respectively and w ill cost
T hey w ill be
n eith er lost nor harm ed.
Mrs. K eat about $2,000 each.
ing dropped the jew el nearly two 24x70 fe e t and one story high.
The H unts F erry , G atew ay and Ma
w eeks ago, w hile autom obiling w ith
her husband, and both m ourned it as d ras statio n s w ill be fitted up w ith fa
lost. I t w as se t w ith 20 fine gems. cilities for both fre ig h t and passenger
They searched the s tre e ts fo r hours service, commodious w aitin g rooms
and gave up hope. Today a m essage fo r th e public, offices and several
reached them from th e ir garag e th a t rooms to be used as q u a rte rs by the
agents.
the precious artic le had been found.
A lthough these buildings w ill be
I t had fallen in such a w ay th a t the
sharp end imbedded itse lf in one of the som ew hat la rg e r than is dem anded by
tire s w ith the brooch proper on the p resen t conditions on the new line,
side o f the w heel, so it cam e in contact the company has looked into the fu tu re
w ith nothing. I t is estim ated th a t the and intends th a t they be in use for
brooch w as carried m ore than 1,000 five o r ten years. They w ill be mod
ern in every d etail and w ill equal in
miles.
many w ays the statio n s on th e m ain
Skull C lew to M u rd e r.
line.
Chico, C al.— A portion o f a hum an
F O U R T H W A R E H O U S E N IG H .
skull found by a ditch ten d er eight
m iles south o f St. John m akes it cer
tain th a t the man m urdered n ear here Pilot Rock F arm ers to T a k e O v e r
Building In T h a t T o w n .
la st W ednesday w as G. W B aker, fo r
m erly o f Redding.
M arion B aker
Pendleton — F arm ers o f U m a tilla
identified the b it of bone and flesh as county w ill soon own th e ir fourth
p a rt of th e rem ains of his brother. w arehouse. T hen g rain grow ers of
The section of the skull apparently one m ore section will be able to handle
had been cut from the head w ith an th e ir w heat through th e ir own w a re
ax. I t is now believed th a t the torso house. The P ilo t Rock local o f the
will be found in the central irrig atio n F arm ers Union, having conducted a
ditch, n ear w hich th e portion o f skull $10,000 general m erchandise sto re suc
w as found. The ditch w ill be drained. cessfully in th a t tow n for the last
year, has taken an option on the In
S p are A m erica’ s S o re S pot.
te rio r W arehouse com pany’s building
London— I t w as learned th a t it was in th a t tow n and expects to close the
in consequence o f com m unications be deal soon.
tw een London and W ashington and
A stock company w ill be organized
h ints to th e C anadian com m ittee, th a t am ong the m em bers o f the union only,
a decision w as reached to elim inate b u t the business o f th e w arehouse w ill
from the coronation program C anada’s be extended to all grow ers o f g rain
principal contribution to the p ag ean t trib u ta ry to th a t town.
A charge
ry, “ F estiv al of E m p ire.” The piece sufficient to cover the
expense of
is e n titled “ C hateau G ay ,” w here m ain tain in g th e w arehouse w ill be
C anada w as held fo r the “ E m p ire ,” made and th is w ill be the sam e to
and w as intended to rep resen t th e de m em bers as non-m em bers o f th e union.
fe a t through s tra te g y o f th e invading The building to be acquired is one of
A m erican force in 1812 by a handful the b est and m ost modern storage
o f C anadians.
w arehouses in the county.
I t has a
capcity o f 80,000 sacks of w heat and
Banks Piling Up Money.
is only tw o years old.
W arehouses
W ashington— Bank rep o rts from all are now owned and operated by the
sections indicate an enorm ous piling farm ers a t Adams, H elix and Echo
up o f cash. R eserve and central re and the grow ers believe they are
serve cities especially re p o rt large thereby saving several hundred dollars
holdings. Two conclusions are draw n annually.
from this condition by tre asu ry offi
cials. One is th a t a slackening condi
Broom C o rn C rop s T rie d .
tion o f business, ascribed to many
Pendleton— B elieving they have sol
d ifferent causes, is d riv in g money into ved the problem o f a sa tisfacto ry crop
the banks.
The o th e r is th a t the to grow on sum m er fallow land, thus
banks a re beginning early to prepare g e ttin g a valuable h arv est every y ear
for la te sum m er and autum n demands instead o f every o th er y ear as custom
from the in terio r.
ary in U m atilla county, John Hogan
C o -E d s Scorn M arria g e .
F O R E S T F A C T S G IV E N .
C A T T L E Q U A R A N T IN E D U E .
and J . H. Calvin, farm ers no rth of
Pendleton, are sow ing broom com in a
200-acre field. If the com produced on
the big field th is season is equal to
th a t grow n in th e ir garden on the
sam e kind o f land last year, they will
establish a p lan t on th e ir farm and
m anufacture the product into brooms.
State
Official Distributes L ite ra tu re
Urging Precautions.
Salem — As an additional inducem ent
to the people o f the s ta te in ta k in g
step s tow ard the prevention o f fo rest
fires, S ta te F o rester E llio tt has pre
pared some fa c ts concerning O regon
fo rests w hich w ill be d istrib u ted in
connection w ith th e d ig est o f the new
fo restry law . H e say s:
“ O regon has one-fifth o f the stan d
ing tim b er of the U nited S tates, o r
about 500,000,000,000 feet.
“ T his tim b e r is w orth on the stum p
not less th an $600,000,000, and i f
m anufactured w ill b rin g in over $6,-
000,000,000 of outside money. I t w ill
e ith e r be m anufactured o r destroyed
by fire.
“ O regon’s fo rests already d is trib u te
m ore w ealth in the s ta te th an apples,
fish, wool and w heat combined.
C ut
tin g has hardly begun.
O f the rev
enue received from our lum ber 80 per
cent goes fo r labor and supplies.
“ L a st y e a r approxim ately 1,750,-
000,000 fe e t o f tim b e r w as killed by
fire, rep resen tin g a value lof not less
than $2,000,000 in stum page alone.
O ver 1,000,000,000 fe e t o f the tim b e r
killed w as on p riv ate lands outside
N ational forests.
“ Six hum an lives w ere lost in th is
s ta te last sum m er through fo rest fires,
the homes of m any se ttle rs burned and
livestock on the range destroyed.
“ T im ber ow ners are spending each
y ear for fire protectiona bout $130,000,
the Federal governm ent spends fo r pa
trol $150,000, and under th is law the
s ta te has a t its command fo r th e pro
tection of its forests $60,000 fo r the
n e x t tw o years.
“ O regon’s tim bered a re a is approx
im ately 25,000,000 acres.
O f th is
am ount one-half is patrolled by the
F ederal governm ent, the re s t m ust be
looked a fte r by the s ta te and the p ri
v ate ow ner. ”
B E A V E R S L O U G H D R A IN E D .
S ix Thousand Acres Along the C o -
quille Redeem ed at $11 Average.
M arshfield—A big advanceent o f the
agricu ltu ral in te re sts o f Coos bay has
been achieved in the com pletion of
tw o d rain ag e d is tric ts in the Coquille
valley n ear Coquille, th e county seat.
One is th e B eaver slough d rain ag e
d is tric t and the o th e r is th e F a t E lk
d is tric t.
In the tw o d is tric ts 6,000
acres o f land, form erly w aste, has
been converted into some o f the rich
e st land in the county. In one case
the cost o f d rain ag e w as $13.40 an
acre and in the oher $8.50 an acre.
The land, fo r y ears regarded as no
good w hatever, is now w orth $100 an
acre, and w ill yield enorm ously any
th in g in the w ay o f g rass, hay, oats,
potatoes, cabbages and o th er veg eta
bles.
The land w as covered w ith
thick w illow s and m arsh g rass and
covered m ost o f th e y e a r w ith w ater.
The brush is being cleared aw ay and
by a system o f d rain ag e ditches th e
w a te r has been rem oved so th a t the
land can be tilled.
W ith land held
fo r about $100 an acre, in o rd er to
clear it and g e t it ready fo r th e plow
th e cost would be from $30 to $40 an
acre, and th u s to m ake a home on th e
land would cost about $150 an acre,
b u t in some crops th e land w ill alm ost
pay fo r its e lf in one year. I t is e x
pected the d rain ag e w ork w ill re s u lt
in se ttle m e n t o f much of th is land.
N ew M ad ras W arehouse.
M adras — W ork has commenced on
the new wool w arehouse in the Oregon
T runk yards a t th is place by the K er-
rick C onstruction com pany, w hich is
to have th e building com pleted by
May 10. The building w ill be 60x150
fe e t inside, w ith an eig h t-fo o t covered
porch on each side full length.
W ork
is also b eing done on the new brick
hotel, by th e B entley C onstruction
company, of P ortland.
The ex cav at
ing is finished and brick, sand and ce
m ent are being p u t on the ground. I t
is expected to com plete the hotel by
A ugust a t the la te st.
T h re e Hom esteads L eft.
Pendleton — Only th ree hom esteads
rem ain unclaim ed in the fourth u n it o f
the U m atilla project, w hich w as re
cently opened fo r en try , so g re a t has
been the dem and for hom esteads on
the project th is spring.
These con
tain 40 acres each, and th e price to be
paid by the hom esteader is $13.30 per
acre a t the tim e of filing and $6 per
acre annually fo r e ig h t years.
The
fifth u n it w ill be opened some tim e
n ex t year, b u t the e x a c t d ate w ill not
be made known until a few days be
fore the tim e arrives.
Redmond F ru it N ot Injured.
Redmond—The recent cold n ig h ts in
th is section have not h u rt the f r u it to
any ex ten t, say th e orchardists.
On
A pril 10 th is section w as v isited by a
snow storm o f about h a lf an h o u r's
duration, but no ill effects w ere no
ticed in the orchards. A larg e acre
age o f fru its has been set o u t th is
year. M arket gardeners in the R ed
mond d is tric t have had th e ir garden
truck on the m ark et fo r th e p ast tw o
w eeks, and flowers are in bloom.
Chicago — Two per cent or less of
the young women students in the
low er classes a t the U niversity of Chi
# -
cago a re planning to m arry, according
Corporal L ite ra lly Obeyed Ordera of
T h e post c o m m a n d e r r e tu r n e d next to a canvass recorded by Miss Marion
F arm e rs ’ Union Will M eet.
Post Commandant.
day. and p re tty soon tho a ir was fair T albot, dean o f women. The canvass
ly blue w ith his ru r sln g .
T h e sol included 96 women in the annual re
H elix — H elix and Holdman locals
Gen. C larence E dw a rds, chief of ¡he diers he ard th e noise, but they w ere p o rt o f P resid en t H arry P. Judson.
o f th e F a rm e rs’ E ducational and Co
M onm outh Attendance to Be Big.
Insular b u r e a u of th e war d e p a r tm e n t, not curious. T hey knew w h a t It was F ifteen o f those interview ed refused
o p erativ e union o f A m erica w ill hold a
Salem — Inquiries as to th e Mon jo in t m eeting here May 6. The affair
tells how a n Irish corporal got even all about.
T h e post
c o m m a n d e r 's I to tell w hat they are going to do when
m
outh
normal
school
a
re
com
ing
into
a | they g rad u ate. More than h alf de- j
with an unp o p u lar post c o m m a n d e r brilliant flamingo was w hite as
w ill last the g re a te r p a rt o f the day
the offices o f th e S u p erin ten d en t of and one o f the featu res w ill be a noon
In Cuba.
T h is post com m a nder, snowv heron.
j d a re d they w ere going to teach.
Public Instruction A lderm an, who says tim e feast.
though an excellent soldier, was some
P rom inent m em bers o f
th a t indication« point to a U rge a t the union from all p a rts o f th e county
Hay on Church Floor.
Building to Be Highest.
thing of a crank.
l i e had tw o hob
A c urious c ustom was observed at
bles. O ne was t h a t the lib eral use of
New York Plans have been filed by tendance when the school opens Sep are expected.
w h itew ash was th e best possib le pre Old N eston c h u r c h on Sunday. T ha i the B roadw ay-Park Place com pany for j tem ber 18. He says th ere w ill be 16
ve ntive of disease, and th e o t h e r was c h u r c h Is de dic ate d to St. Swlthin. , the construction at Broadw ay and Park | m em bers in th e faculty. P resident
G rain is in Fine Condition.
a pet flamingo, an ill-natured bird th at and on festival day the c h u r c h Is | Place o f th e h ighest building in the j A ckerm an is now in the E ast securing
W
eston—G
row ing g rain is reported
m
em
bers
o
f
the
faculty
and
exam
ining
Many y e a rs ago l world. From the curb to th e apex of j
was disliked h e artily by t h e enlisted s t r e w n with hay.
m en b ecause It n e v e r overlo oked an j som e donor left a field to provide the tow er it w ill stand 750 feet. T here j norm al school conditions. He expects to be in first class condition by W es
ton farm ers. Fall w heat has a tta in e d
m oney for b r e a d which Is d istrib u te d j will be 30 stories in the m ain building j to retu rn to Oregon early in May.
o p p o r tu n ity to nip one of them .
a h eig h t o f e ig h t inches o r m ore and is
One day th e post c o m m a n d e r had to four t im e s a year. T h e te n a n t of the 1 and an additional 25 in the to w er—55
stooiing nicely. The fields th is season
Asparagux
Now
on
M
a
rk
e
t.
Held
h
a
s
to
supply
th
e
hay
to
atrew
j in all.
go to H a vana , but h e could not en
Springfield — A sparagus is on the are unusually free from weeds.
d u r e t h e th o u g h t t h a t anyone should j th e c hurch. T h e custom Is supposed
D ire c t Vote is Favored.
m ark et from the G eorge B. D orris
be Idle In his abse nce .
It h a d been j to ha v e o rig in a ted from th e fact th a t
Albany. N. Y .— By a vote o f 107 to I asparagus farm n e a r Springfield. The
M ilton F ru it O utloo k Good.
fully a w eek since any w h itew as h in g 1 on festival Sunday th e p a rishione rs
had been done, so h e issued a n o rd e r j w e ar new hoots, and th e Idea of the 30 the assem bly has adopted the reso -1 season is 15 days la te r than it w as a
M ilton — T his section w ill have a
t h a t "all a r tic le s p e r ta in in g to th e ' donor w a s to h a v e th e hay laid down lutions of S enator Roosevelt, advocat- | y ear ago. T his is due to cold w eather. good crop o f peaches, cherries, pears
ships and apples, despite th e cold w eath er
r a m p not sh e lte re d from th e w e a th e r " to s to p th e sq u e a k in g Incidental to new ing th e election o f U nited S ta te s sena The D orris asp arag u s farm
sh ould be w hitew ashed.
T h e Irish footwear. On S unda y th e hay was to rs by direct vote o f the people. canned asparagus to all p a rts o f th e o f last w eek. I t develops th a t few
c orporal was In tr u ste d with th e execu duly laid down l a the c h u r c h .—London Tw enty R epublicans voted w ith the country and has become a very im p o rt orchards w ere dam aged to the e x te n t
D em ocrats in favor o f the m easure.
a n t Lane county industry.
i they a t first feared.
S ta n d ard .
tlon of th e order.
Had Done Work Thoroughly