Mosier bulletin., November 03, 1911, Image 2

CURRENT EVENTS
OF THE WEEK
Doings of the World at Large
Told in Brief.
G eneral R esum e o f Im p o rtan t Events
P re se n te d in C ondensed F orm
fo r O u r Busy R ead ers.
I t is said th e sen ate L orim er inves­
tig a tio n is costing th e country (760
p er day.
Ju d g e Bordwell accuses M cNam­
a r a ’s law yers o f try in g to circum vent
his rulings.
A Swedish count has arriv ed in
A m erica to help his nephew win an
A m erican heiress.
One hundred and tw o A m erican w ar
vessels assem bled fo r naval review in
New York harbor.
Joseph P u litzer, the deceased jo u r­
n alist, le ft $1,000,000 to found a
school o f A m erican journalism .
A Chinese im perial edict prom ises
th e country a co n stitu tio n , a cabinet
w ith o u t noblemen, and pardon to all
rebels.
A C alifornia prospector w as caught
by the leg by a fall Of rock in a pro­
sp ect hole and held a prisoner for sev­
en days, till death ended his suffer­
ings.
M E N W IL L N O T Y I E L D .
Shop
E m p loyes o f
R a ilro a d s
Continue S tru ggle .
W ill
San Francisco— A t th e end o f th e
first m onth o f the s trik e o f th e shop
employes o f th e H arrim an lines, both
sides in th e Pacific C oast division are
d eclaring th e ir forces unim paired and
th a t they are ready to continue th e
fight. Officials o f th e railroad point
to th e fa c t th a t traffic has continued
u n in te rru p te d and th a t th e shops a t
Sacram ento, Los AngeleB, D unsm uir,
Oakland and San F rancisco have been
k e p t in o peration w ith alm ost full
forces a t work.
L eaders am ong the strik e rs point to
th e fa c t th a t th ere has been alm ost an
e n tire absence o f violence and declare
it is th e ir in tention to continue the
strik e peaceably. E. L. Keguin, pres­
ident of the San Francisco local of the
Shop E m ployes’ F ederation, is hopeful
o f a victory fo r th e strik e rs.
‘‘W e w ere prepared fo r th e strik e
when we b e g a n ,” he said, ‘‘and we
are prepared to continue it.
We
knew it would be a long, hard fight,
and te s t all our resources, b u t we have
som ething to fight for and we will
fight it out. O ur men have refrain ed
from violence and I am su re w ill con­
tin u e to do so .”
Officials of th e Southern Pacificjroad
would m ake no sta te m e n t o th e r than
th a t the strik e has not seriously in te r
fered w ith th e business o f th e board
and th a t th e shops w ill be k e p t in
operation. R um ors o f elab o ra te p re­
p aratio n a g a in st a tta c k by s trik e rs in
th e b uilding o f stockades and th e em ­
ploym ent o f hundreds o f p riv a te w atch­
men w ere denied.
A v iato r F ow ler crashed into the
grand stand when alig h tin g a t Tucson
P I O N E E R A V I A T O R K IL L E D .
A rizona. The m achine w as stopped
by a barbed w ire fence and no one
w as injured.
C aliforn ia A ir Exp ert V ictim o f A c c i­
A convention o f the W. C. T. U. a t
M ilw aukee has declared em phatically
a g a in st high heels and hobble sk irts.
C om plete control o f railroads by the
In te rs ta te Comm erce comm ission and
practical elim ination o f s ta te com m is­
sions is foreshadow ed by a recen t Su­
prem e co u rt decision.
Ita lia n soldiers are p u rsuing a w ar
o f e x term in atio n on A rab sym p ath iz­
ers o f T urkey, m en, women and chil­
dren alik e being lined up and shot as
fa s t as they are captured.
Dr. W iley has convicted a Spokane
firm o f selling a d u lte ra te d v inegar.
Nome is facin g a coal fam ine, the
price h aving already reached $40
ton.
A C alifo rn ia man has grow n fine
w h eat in p lain beach sand, w ithout
irrig a tio n or fe rtiliz e r.
H e re a fte r soldiers confined in guard
houses fo r m inor offenses w ill not be
w atched by arm ed guards.
T u rk s forced th e fighting in recent
engagem ents w ith Ita lia n s, and the
la tte r a re in need of reinforcem ents.
Two men stu d en ts a t th e U ta h a g ri­
cu ltu ral college a re ta k in g th e course
in cooking, so th a t they can live well
w hile holding down d e se rt hom esteads.
dent W ith Glider,
San Jose, C al.— P rofessor John J.
M ontgomery, o f S an ta C lara college,
is dead from the effects o f a te rrib le
fall from an aeroplane g lid er he was
e x p erim en tin g w ith in th e foothills
abput tw o m iles e a st o f E vergreen.
H e ap p aren tly lost control of the
m achine, according to eye w itnesses,
and fell 20 feet, su sta in in g in ju ries
to the back and base o f th e brain
w hich resu lted in d eath a little more
th an an hour and a h a lf a f te r he w as
b rought back to S an ta C lara in the
autom obile o f Dr. J . L. B eattie, who
w as summoned im m ediately.
P rofessor M ontgom ery had been an
au th o rity on aerial n av ig atio n ever
since th e first elem ents o f th e science
developed into practical resu lt. He
won in tern atio n al fam e as th e in ­
ven to r o f an elec trical re ctifier and of
several p a te n t appliances to fa c ilita te
aerial n avigation.
R ecently he sold fo r 1,700,000 his
rig h ts to c ertain aeroplane im prove
m ents, the p aym ent o f th is sum being
co n tin g en t on th e w inning o f a s u it
a g a in s t th e W rig h t B rothers for al­
leged in frin g em en t.
H is electrical
rectifier w as th e su b je c t o f extensive
litig a tio n fo r tw o o r th ree years,
w hich resulted in th e com plete vindi­
cation o f his rig h t to th e exclusive
title .
The Chinese g overnm ent has agreed
J A P S B A T T L E R U S S IA N S .
to every dem and m ade by th e national
assem bly, w hich it tre a te d w ith con­
te m p t a m onth ago, and th e w ar may O ne Slain W hen C z a r 's Patrol C ru ise r
4 ,
T r a p s Poacher.
be ended.
V ictoria, B. C.— N ew s o f a fata l
The governm ent has begun s u it to sealin g raid a t the C opper islands by
break up th e g re a t steel tru s t, and it Jap an ese sealers has been received
is th e m ost sw eeping action ev e r a t­ here. The Jap an ese schooners Boso
tem pted by the d e p a rtm e n t o f ju s ­ M am , Chitosc Maru and Toyei Maru
tice.
anchored off th e seal rookeries in a
m ist. The R ussian patro l cru ise r a r ­
P O R T L A N D _M A R K E T S .
rived and they all w eighed anchor and
W h eat— E x p o rt b a sis:
B luestem , ran, leaving th e ir sm all boats.
T h ere w ere five boat crew s ashore
846(86c; club, 806(81c; red Russian,
from th e th re e ships and tyhen the
79c; valley, 81c; forty-fold, 82c.
M illstuffs — B ran, $23.50 p er to n ; Russian gu ard s cam e to a rre s t them
m iddlings, $31; shorts, $24.60; rolled some o f the raid ers opened fire on the
R ussians w ith rifles.
barley, $346(35.
The sealers took
sh e lte r behind
C om — W hole, $38; cracked, $34 ton.
O ats— No. 1 w hite, $30.606(31 ton. rocks and endeavored to keep off the
H ay—No. 1 E aste rn Oregon, tim o ­ guards. One R ussian w as killed and
F ifte e n Jap an ese
thy, $17(d)18; clover, No. 1 valley, several wounded.
$15(0)16; a lfa lfa , $13(r£14; clover, $11 w ere captured.
The cap tiv es w ere tak e n to V ladi­
(« 1 ) 1 2 ; g ra in hay, $ 11 ( 0 ) 12 .
B arley— Feed, $31 per to n ; brew ­ vostok and m em bers o f th e crew of
th e schooner Boso M aru, w hich has
ing, nominal.
Fresh F r u its —Peaches, 356(65c per retu rn ed to Ja p a n , say th a t one o f the
box; pears, 76c (o) $1.75 p er box; num ber is expected to be sentenced to
grapes, 75(o)90c p er box; apples, $1.15 death.
(o)2.25 p er b o x ; cran b erries, $9.25(0)
Bryce Friend o f C an ad a.
9.50 p er b a rr e l; casabas $1.76(0)2 per
London—
In response to a question
d o z .; huckleberries, 6(o;7c p er pound.
P o tato es—Oregon, l j c p er pound; from Rowland H unt, U nionist m em ber
sw eet potatoes, 2c p er pound.
o f p arliam en t from th e South division
Onions— Oregon, $1.26 p er hundred. o f Shropshire, S ir Edw ard Grey denied
V egetables — A rtichokes, 76c per th a t P resid en t T a ft had expressed a
dozen; beans, 6(o)10c; cabbages, 4 6 (|c desire to break up th e B ritish em pire
p er pound; cauliflower, 60(o;76c per and th a t A m bassador Bryce had given
dozen; com , 25(u 30c p er d ozen; cu­ assistance. Mr. H unt asked w hether
cum bers, $1(0)1.25 per sack ;
egg Mr. Bryce would be in stru cted not to
p lant, 5(o8c p er pound; g arlic, 10(o)12c assist in n egotiation o f an o th er re c i­
per pound; lettu ce, 4(ko86c per dozen; procity tre a ty .
The se cretary replied
hot house lettu ce, $1 per box; pep­ th a t Bryce had been in stru cted to give
pers, 6(o 6c p er p ound; pum pkins, 1(<( Cannda assistan ce and would n ever act
l^ c ; radishes, 12$c dozen; sprouts, co n trary to th e policy o f Canada.
9or8c per pound; squash. I n c i t e per
pound; tom atoes, 60c(n.$l per box;
L a st B o at Leaves N om e.
carrots, $1.26 per sack ; tu rn ip s, $1;
Nome—The steam sh ip V ictoria, the
beets, $1.75; parsnips, $1.25.
P oultry— Hens, 146(14$«; springs, la st lin er to leave Nome th is y ear,
136i.'13$c; ducks, young, 16(ol6$c; sailed for S e a ttle T uesday. The Vic­
geese, 11 $6), 12c; turkeys, alive, 20c; to ria c arries a full lis t o f passengers
and has a valuable tre a su re cargo.
dressed, choice, 26c.
E g g s—Fresh Oregon ranch, candled, W ith the sailin g o f th e V ictoria w a te r
com m unication betw een Nome and the
85 oi 36c p er dozen.
outside world is a t an end un til n ex t
P ork— Fancy, 9(u)10c p er pound.
Ju n e. More th a t 2,000 people have
V eal— Fancy, 13oi)13|c per pound.
H o p » -1911 crop, 41$6(42$c; olds, le ft for th e sta te s w ith in th e last
month.
The w in te r population of
nominal.
Wool— E astern O regon, 9(<tl6c per Nome th is y e a r is placed a t 2,600,
pound, according to sh rin k ag e; val­ su b stan tially the sam e as la st year.
ley, 166617c per
pound;
m ohair, The w e a th e r continues w arm .
choice, 866r37c.
Nature N u m b e rs Peak.
C attle— Choice steers, $6.4(V>i:5.76;
Huaum, W ash.— M ount Adams has
good, $5.256(5.40;
fa ir, $6(>C5.26;
m edium, $4.75(0,6; poor, $3.756(4.60; a num ber o f its own stan d in g o u t in
The n um ber 167 is
choice cows, $4.506(4.75; fa ir, $46( bold figures.
4.26; common, $2.60(0)3.60; e x tra clearly discernible on th e so u th e a st­
choice
spayed
heifers,
$4.76(o6; ern slope n ear th e top o f the moun­
choice h eifers, $4.60(0,4.60: choice tain , by ranchers liv in g in the C am as
The
bulls. $3.506(3.76; good, $2.76(0.8; P ra irie and Glenwwod sections.
common, $ 2 ( 0 ) 2 . 60 ; choice calves, figures, which appeared th is fall for
$7.26(0)7.60; good. $76(7.15; common, the first tim e, are open ground or
$4(0)5;
choice stags, $4.606(4.76; rocky spota on th e m ountain side,
w here m eltin g snow has le ft a sta m p ­
good. $4.266(4.60.
H ogs—Choice lig g h t hogs. $7.35(0.' ed num ber for th e fam ous peak.
7.40; good to choice, $76(7.25; fa ir,
D o w a g e r M a y Be in Flight.
»6 .76(0.7; common, $66(6.50.
S h e e p — Choice y earlin g w ethers,
San Francisco— The C hinese new s­
coarse
wool,
$3.60(o3.86; choice p aper Sai Dai Y at Po, o f th is city, re ­
y e a rlin g w ethers, e a st o f m ountains, ceived a disp atch from P ekin saying
$ 8 . 26(0 3.40; choice tw os and threes, th a t Lung Yu. the dow ager em press,
$3.16(0.3.26; choice lam bs, 446(4.36; had fled from th e c a p ita l, ta k in g w ith
good to choice, $46(4.16;
valley h er th e young em peror, and th a t all
lam bs, $3.766(4; culls, $36(3.60
trace o f them had been losL
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND
PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE
W A T E R T O F L O W FAR.
H A Z E R S D IS C IP L IN E D ,
G igantic Irrigation Sch e m e P ro p o se d
fo r Lake County.
Five A gricu ltu ra l C o lle ge S o p h o m o r e !
Receive Penalties.
L akeview — A g ig an tic irrig a tio n
p ro ject to cover about 400,000 acres
and to reclaim two o f the la rg e st val­
leys in N orthern I.ake county is ex ­
pected h ere from a group o f M inneap­
olis cap ita lists.
I t is asserted on reliable au th o rity
th a t $10,000,000 w ill be sp en t by a
company close in touch w ith H ill in­
te re sts to ta k e w ater from L ake Odell
and convey it through canals a d is­
tance of from 50 to 80 m iles into
C hristm as ar.d S ilver L ake valleys.
O w ing to th e ch aracter of th e soil th is
m ain canal will tra v e rse th ere is
little doubt th a t many m iles w ill have
to be cem ent-lined to p revent exces­
sive seepage.
The m agnitude of the undertaking
is made ev id en t in the fa c t th a t th e
U nited S ta te s
reclam ation service
w ithdrew thousands of acres from all
form s o f en try , including the lake
w hich is th e n atu ral reservoir, but
a fte r finding th a t th e cost would be
g re a te r than could be sp en t by the
governm ent on any one p ro ject w ithin
the s ta te a t th is tim e, the land was
resto red to entry.
A larg e corps o f men has been m ak­
ing surveys and e stim ates recently of
th e cost o f co n stru ctin g such a p lant
and it is now believed th a t the d a ta is
in such form th a t th ere w ill be little
delay in handling th e project.
Ten million dollars sp en t on this
w a te r w ill develop one of the best val­
leys in th e s ta te lying in one county
and will pay the ca p ita lists larg e divi
dends and m ake a reasonable ra te per
acre for w a te r placed on the land;
w a te r pow er for lig h tin g and m anu­
fa c tu rin g purposes will be developed,
and as th e surveys pass through some
o f th e finest tim b er lands in K lam ath
and Lake counties and are close to
the Oregon E astern and Oregon T runk
surveys, th e u ltim a te use o f o th er
m illions in m anufacturing.
New
tow ns w ill be founded and N orthern
L ake county will become a larg e fac
to r in th e Growth o f the sta te .
O regon A g ricu ltu ra l College, C orval­
lis—Two men suspended fo r the re­
m ainder of th e y ear and th ree m ade to
offer public apologies w as th e punish­
m ent m eted o u t by the stu d en t council
a t the college on account o f th e hazing
of freshm en, w hich occurred la s t week.
Those who a re suspended u n til the
fall o f 1912 are Fred F. Glen, P o rt­
land, and Mont O liver, Seattle, W ash.
John F. F orbis, P o rtlan d ; F reem an
Mason, Pasadena, C al., and L ester T.
H u tt, Y am hill, m ade a public apology
before the facu lty and stu d en ts g a th ­
ered a t convocation. The men are all
m em bers o f th e sophom ore class.
F A R M L A N D S A L E S B R IS K .
T ract o f 410 A c re s N e a r S p rin gfie ld
Is S o ld to Prom ote r,
Springfield— One o f the la rg e st real
e sta te deals ev er made in Springfield
was consum m ated th is week when
C lark & W ashburn sold a larg e tra c t,
known as D ouglas G ardens, consisting
of 410 acres o f fine farm in g land ad­
jo in in g th e city on the east, to F. E.
McCroBkey, of W ashington, and H. W.
Cousins of San Francisco.
The con­
sid eratio n is not given out. C lark &
W ashburn paid over $40,000 fo r the
tr a c t a y e a r ago and it is known th a t
they made a good profit on the deal.
C lark & W ashburn, a fte r they p u r­
chased th e tra c t, sub-divided it into
five and 10-acre tra c ts and a t le a st 20
houses have been b u ilt on it since.
The Southern Pacific N atron ex te n ­
sion, w hich w ill in tim e become the
m ain line betw een O regon and C ali­
fornia, passes through th e c en te r of
th e tra c t and a passenger and fre ig h t
depot is prom ised.
The new ow ners say they w ill i r r i ­
g a te th e e n tire tra c t by a system o f
pumps. The p lan t th ey intend to in­
stall will have a capacity to irrig a te
from 800 to 1,000 acres o f land, w hich
m eans th a t they intend to add to th e ir
holdings in th a t vicinity.
C A T T L E P R IC E S S O A R IN G .
Buyers
at Pendleton O ffe rin g
H ead fo r Y earlings.
$30
Pendleton — W ith c a ttle buyers
offering $30 a head fo r ‘‘y e a rlin g s”
and w ith stockm en refu sin g to sell
even a t th is record price, the p red ict­
ed b eef fam ine seem s in a fa ir way to
become a re a lity .
“ I t looks lik e I will be compelled to
go to P ortland to buy my ‘fe e d e rs,’ ”
declared B. D. Sherry, a local grow er.
" I can buy th a t class o f c a ttle cheaper
a t th e P ortland stockyards than I can
on th e ran g es of E astern Oregon.
Stock cn ttle actually a re h ig h er here
now than b eev es.”
W hile a d m ittin g
he had never received $30 for a y e a r­
ling, Mr. S herry said he refused th a t
p rice S aturday.
H e explained th a t
th e few y earlin g s he possessed w ere
not fo r sale a t any price, fo r th e reas­
on th a t they could not be replaced.
C O O S T A X ES ARE O BJECTED.
C ou n ty W ill H ave All T im b e r
C ru ise d tor T ax es.
Lands
Courtship °f
Miles Standish
1
With Illustrations by
Howard Chandler Christy
(Copyright, The Hobbs-Merrill Company)
"N ow W a tta w a m a t can see, by th e
fiery e y e s of th e C a p ta in ,
A n g ry Is h e In h is h e a r t; b u t th e
h e a r t of th e b ra v e W a tta w a m a t
Is n o t a fra id a t th e s i g h t H e w as
n o t b o rn of a w om an,
M ean w h ile th e s ta lw a r t M iles Stand- B ut on a m o u n ta in , a t n ig h t, from an
lsh w as m a rc h in g ste a d ily n o rth ­
o a k -tre e riv e n by lig h tn in g .
w ard.
F o rth h e sprang a t a bound, w ith all
W in d in g th ro u g h fo re s t a n d sw am p,
his w e ap o n s a b o u t him ,
a n d a lo n g th e tre n d of th e s e a ­
S h o u tin g , ‘W ho is th e re h e re to fight
sh o re.
w ith th e b ra v e W a tta w a m a t? ' ’’
A ll d a y long, w ith h a rd ly a h a lt, th e
T h e n h e u n s h e a th e d his kn ife, and,
fire of his a n g e r
w h e ttin g th e b lad e on h is left
B u rn lq g and c ra c k lin g w ith in , a n d th e
h and.
su lp h u ro u s o d o r of po w d er
T h e re on th e flow ers of th e m eadow
S eem in g m o re s w e e t to his n o s trils H eld It a lo ft a n d d isp la y e d a w o m an ’s
face on th e h a n d le ,
th e w a rrio rs lay, and above th em .
th a n all th e s c e n ts of th e f o r e s t
S lie n t a n d m oody he w ent, a n d m uch Saying, w ith b itte r e x p re ssio n and S ilen t, w ith folded a rm s, sto o d H obo­
look of s in is te r m ea n in g :
m ok, frie n d of th e w h ite m an.
h e rev o lv ed h is d isc o m fo rt;
H e w ho w as used to su c c ess, a n d to "I h a v e a n o th e r a t hom e, w ith th e Sm iling, a t le n g th h e e x claim ed to th e
s ta lw a rt C a p ta in of P ly m o u th :
easy v ic to rie s a lw ays.
fa ce of a m a n on th e h a n d le ;
T h u s to be flouted, re je c te d , and
lau g h e d to sc o rn by a m aiden.
T h u s to be m ocked a n d b e tra y e d by
th e frien d w hom m o st h e h a d
tru s te d !
A h! 'tw a s to o m uch to be bo rn e, and
h e fr e tte d a n d ch afed In h is
a rm o r 1
The March o f
Miles Standish
M arshfield— Many objections to the
assessm en t on tim b e r lands w ill be
presented to the board o f equalization
o f Coos county by th e Coos C ounty
Tax association. The tax association
is composed of m any tim b e r ow ners in
th is county.
They w ill o b ject to the
whole assessm ent on the grounds th a t
in m any cases th e assessm ent has been
raised when it should not be and th a t
m any tr a c ts a re assessed
w ith o u t
equity in com parison to the land.
All o f the individual cases will be
brought up and besides the tax associ­
ation several com panies ow ning tim ­
ber w ill also have objections to pre­
sen t to th e board.
The county has
c ru isers a t w ork now cru isin g all the
tim b e r in the county w ith a view of
m aking a m ore eq u itab le assessm ent.
“ I alo n e am to b lam e ,” he m u tte re d ,
In the tow nships w here the tim b e r has
“ fo r m in e w as th e folly.
been cruised by th e county th e re have W h a t h a s a ro u g h old so ld ier, g row n
been advances in the assessm ent of
g rim a n d g ra y In th e h a rn e s s .
about $2.50 an acre.
U sed to th e cam p and Its w ays, to do
M A R S H F IE L D M IN E
M illic o m a
D evelopm ent
W ill S e ll C o a l,
SOLD,
C om p an y
M arshfield—-The M illicom a m ine, on
the e a st side o f the bay opposite
M arshfield, w hich fo r the p ast tw o
y ears has been developed by J . A.
W ard, has been sold to the M illicoma
D evelopm ent company, a new corpora­
tion organized by local men. The de­
velopm ent w ork o f the m ine is p rac­
tically finished, and it is th e in tention
o f the com pany to p u t coal on the
C oast m ark et.
The concern has 430 acres of land,
under w hich it is estim ated th a t there
a re 10,000,000 tons of coal w hich ib
claim ed to be o f as fine q au lity as any
procured in th is country.
The build­
ings and tram w ay s have all been b u ilt
and a s h a ft 275 fe e t deep has been
sunk thus fa r. I t is possible to load
the coal from bunkers along a deep
channel, so th a t ocean-going vessels
can ta k e on a cargo a t the m ine bunk­
ers. I t ¡ b also th e in tention of the
company to lay o u t a p a rt of th e land
into residence tra c ts w hich will over­
look the bay.
DAM
w ith th e w ooing of m a id e n s?
’T w a s b u t a d re a m ,— le t It p a ss,— le t
It v a n ish lik e so m an y o th e rs !
W h a t I th o u g h t w as a flow er, Is o nly
a w eed, a n d Is w o rth le s s;
O u t of m y h e a r t w ill I p lu ck It, a n d
th ro w it aw ay , and h e n c e fo rw a rd
Be b u t a fig h te r of b a ttle s , a lo v er and
w ooer of d a n g e r s ! ”
T h u s h e rev o lv ed In his m ind his
s o rry d e fe a t a n d d isc o m fo rt.
W h ile h e w as m a rc h in g by d a y o r ly ­
in g a t n ig h t In th e fo re st,
L o o k in g up a t th e tre e s, tyid th e con­
s te lla tio n s beyond them .
Plunged It Into H is Heart.
By a n d by th e y sh a ll m a rry ; and
th e r e w ill be p le n ty of c h ild re n !”
A fte r a th re e d a y s’ m a rc h h e cam e
to a n In d ian e n c a m p m e n t
T h en stood P e c k su o t fo rth , self-
P itc h e d on th e e d g e of a m eadow , be­
v a u n tin g , In su ltin g M iles S ta n d ­
tw e en th e se a and th e fo re s t;
is h ;
W om en a t w o rk by th e te n ts , a n d th e
W h ile w ith h is fin g e rs h e p a tte d th e
'w a rrio rs, h o rrid w ith w ar-p ain t,
k n ife t h a t h u n g a t his bosom .
S e a te d a b o u t a lire, a n d sm o k in g a n d
D raw in g It h a lf fro m Its sh e a th , and
ta lk in g to g e th e r;
p lu n g in g it b a c k , a s h e m u tte re d :
W ho, w h en th e y saw fro m a f a r th e
su d d e n a p p ro a c h of th e w h ite "B y a n d by It s h a ll se e ; It sh a ll e a t ;
ah, a h ! b u t s h a ll sp e a k not!
m en,
T h is Is th e m ig h ty C a p ta in th e w h ite
m en h a v e s e n t to d e stro y us!
H e Is a little m a n ; le t him go and
w o rk w ith th e w o m e n !"
“P e c k su o t b ra g g e d v e ry loud, of his
c o u rag e, h is s tr e n g th and h is
s ta tu re ,—
M ocked th e g r e a t C a p ta in , a n d called
him a little m a n ; b u t I se e now
Big enough h a v e you been to lay him
sp e e c h le ss be fo re y o u !”
T h u s th e first b a ttle w as fo u g h t
a n d w on by th e s ta lw a r t M iles
S ta n d ish .
W hen th e tid in g s
th e re o f
w e re
b ro u g h t to th e v illa g e of P ly­
m o u th ,
And a s a tro p h y of w a r th e h e ad of
th e b ra v e W a tta w a m a t
Scow led from th e ro o f of th e fo rt,
w hich a t o n ce w a s a c h u rc h a n d a
M eanw hile S ta n d is h h a d n o te d th e
fo rtre s s ,
fa c e s a n d fig u re s of In d ia n s
All w ho b e h eld It re jo ice d , a n d
P e e p in g a n d c re e p in g a b o u t from
p ra is e d th e L ord, a n d to o k c our­
b u s h to tr e e in th e fo re s t,
age.
F e ig n in g to look fo r gam e, w ith a r­
O nly P ris c illa a v e rte d h e r fa c e fro m
ro w s s e t o n th e ir b o w -strin g s.
th is s p e c te r of te rro r,
D ra w in g a b o u t him s till c lo s e r a n d T h a n k in g God In h e r h e a r t th a t sh e
c lo s e r th e n e t o f th e ir a m b u sh .
h a d n o t m a rrie d M iles S ta n d is h ;
B u t u n d a u n te d h e stood, a n d d isse m ­ S h rin k in g , fe a rin g a lm o st, le s t, com ­
bled a n d tr e a te d th e m sm o o th ly ;
in g hom e from h is b a ttle s .
So th e old c h ro n ic le s say . th a t w ere H e should lay claim to h e r h a n d , a s
w rit In th e d a y s of th e fa th e rs.
th e p rize a n d re w a rd of h is v alor.
B u t w h e n h e h e a rd th e ir d efian ce, the
(T O B E C O N T IN U E D .)
B U IL D S A T C H E R R Y .
O v e r 7 0 A c re s o f W ater W ill
L u m b e r C o m p a n y 's L o g s.
b o a st, th e ta u n t, a n d th e In su lt.
All th e h o t blood of h is ra ce , of S ir
H ugh and of T h u rs to n d e S ta n d ­
ish.
B oiled a n d b e a t In h ts h e a rt, a n d
sw elled In th e v e in s of h is te m ­
ples.
H eadlong h e lea p ed on th e b o a ste r,
and, sn a tc h in g h is k n ife fro m Its
sc a b b ard .
P lu n g ed it In to h ts h e a rt, a n d , re e lin g
b ack w a rd , th e sa v a g e
F ell w ith h is fa ce to th e sk y , a n d a
fiendlike fierc en e ss upon It.
S tra ig h t th e re a ro se fro m tb e fo re s t
th e aw ful sou n d of th e w ar-w hoop.
And, lik e a flu rry o f snow on th e
w h istlin g w ind of D ecem ber,
S w ift a n d su d d en a n d k e en cam e a
flight of fe a th e ry a rro w s.
T h en cam e a cloud of sm oke, a n d o u t
of th e cloud cam e th e lig h tn in g ,
O ut of th e lig h tn in g , th u n d e r; and
d e a th u n se e n ra n b e fo re It.
F rig h te n e d th e sa v a g e s fled fo r s h e lte r
In sw am p a n d in th ic k e t.
H otly p u rsu e d a n d b e s e t; b u t th e ir
sachem , th e b ra v e W a tta w a m a t,
F led n o t; h e w as d ead . U n sw e rv in g
a n d sw ift h a d a b u lle t
P a ssed th ro u g h h is b ra in , a n d h e fell
w ith b o th h a n d s c lu tc h in g th e
g re e n sw a rd
S eem in g In d e a th to hold b a c k from
hi$ foe th e land of his fa th e rs.
H old
F o rest G rove—C onstruction w ork on
a huge dam across th e T u alatin riv e r
a t th e new tow nsite, C herry Grove,
w ill begin a t once by th e Lovegren
L um ber com pany in the so u th east sec­
tion o f W ashington county, a few
m iles from the town o f G aston. This
dam, which will contain m ore than 70
acres o f w ater, w ill float the logs of
the company, from w hich m illions of
fe e t o f the finished lum ber w ill be
produced.
The company recen tly com pleted its
railroad into th e tim b er-b elted d is tric t
and is now ere c tin g a tem porary m ill,
which w ill have a capacity o f 50,000
fe e t per day. As soon as m achinery
from the E a st can be obtained and in­
stalled, a p erm anent m ill w ill be es­
tablished, capable o f saw in g 150,000
fe e t a day and em ploying about 350
men.
BIGGEST
aim
T ro u t F ry T ra n sfe r O n.
&..r
T. J . C raig, ch ief deputy gam e w a r­
den, has begun tra n s fe rrin g betw een
■ -
i
a
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250.000 and 300,000 tro u t fry from the
Minam h atchery, in W allow a county,
/
.
into W allow a lake.
The work will
occupy about a w eek.
The annual
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d istrib u tio n of tro u t fry began several
w eeks ago, w ith th e tr a n s fe r o f some
Forth He S p ra n g at a Bound.
300.000 fry from th e Bonneville h atch ­
ery to d ifferen t stre a m s o f B aker and
Settle rs to r M a lh e u r La n d s,
U m a tilla counties.
T he d istrib u tio n Saw th e flash of th e su n on b r e a s t­
V ale— P lans for th e colonization of
o f fry in th e D eschutes riv e r w ill be­
p la te a n d s a b e r a n d m u sk e t.
200,000 acres o f rich arid land in the gin as soon as the work o f stocking S tra ig h tw a y leap ed to th e ir fe e t, and
M alheur valley a re under w ay by W allow a lake is finished.
tw o, from am o n g th em ad v an c in g ,
C am e to p a rle y w ith S ta n d ish , and
Colonel R. E. P earce and H. W. D or­
Belt Line In corp orated .
o ffer him fu rs a s a p re s e n t;
man o f Caldw ell, Idaho, who a re said
to have an option on th is land, which
E u g en e—A b elt line railw ay to con­ F rie n d s h ip w as In th e ir looks, b u t In
th e ir h e a r ts th e re w as h a tre d .
a t p resen t is owned by the Oregon- n ect E ugene, Springfield, Junction
W ashington Colonization company of C ity and Coburg, is proposed by the B ra v e s of th e trib e w ere th ese, a n d
b ro th e rs g ig a n tic In s ta tu re ,
St. Paul. P rom oters o f th is move­ Eugene B elt L ine A In teru rb an , incor­
m ent have been in Vale for th e last porated by P. C. I.avey, form erly of H uge a s G o liath of G ath, o r th e te r ­
rib le Og. k in g of B a sh a n ;
week seeking th e support of citizens Portland, and John H. T ingle and C.
now located in and around Vale. The H. I.avey. of Portland. C apital stock O ne w as P e c k su o t n a m e d , a n d th e
o th e r w as c alled W a tta w a m a t.
new company is to be known as the is placed a t $250,000, and P ortland
V ale-O regon Land company.
c a p ita lists have agreed to tak e any R ound th e ir n e c k s w ere su sp en d e d
th e ir k n iv es In s c a b b a rd s of w am ­
! stock not placed locally.
The line
pum ,
Prize A p p le s on Display.
proposes to do a forw arding business
Tw o-edged, tre n c h a n t k n iv es, w ith
P o rtlan d — E ig h t apples w eighing a and w ill provide m ark et stalls a t the
p o in ts a s s h a rp a s a needle.
total o f e ig h t pounds formed a fine d ifferen t tow ns in the circle for th e
O th e r a rm s had th ey none, fo r th ey
display when L. Q. Sw etland unpacked use o f shippers.
w e re c u n n in g and c ra fty .
them and placet! them above the desk
"W elcom e, E n g lis h !” th ey sa id .—
Lak
e
C
o
u
n
ty
B
u
ild
s
R
oad
s.
in th e lobby of the hotel P erkins in
th e s e w o rd s th e y h a d le a rn e d
L akeview — W ork oh th ree new roads
th is city recently.
The apples w ere
from th e tra d e rs
sen t him by G eorge W. H ayes an a t­ in L ake county w ill begin a t an early
T o u ch in g a t tim e s on th e c o ast, to
torney o f Vale. They w ere grow n in d ate, th e county court having acted
b a r te r a n d c h affe r for p e ltries.
th e vicin ity of Vale and are of prize favorably upon p etitio n s presented by
T h en In th e ir n a tiv e to n g u e th e y be­
w inning class th a t carried aw ay many the voters and tax p ay e rs. The trio o f j
gan to p a rle y w ith S ta n d ish ,
trophies a t th e recent M alheur county highw ays to be im proved is composed )
T h ro u g h his gu id e and In te rp re te r,
o
f
th
e
one
from
Paisley
to
th
e
H
arney
I
fa ir. Placed side by side they form ed
H obom ok. frie n d of th e w h ite
row ex ten d in g fo r about tw o and county line, v ia A lb ert la k e ; one
m an.
through Bullard canyon to Mud creek. I
o ne-half feeL
on the W arn er valley route, and a new 1 P e g g in g for b la n k e ts and k n iv es, b u t
m o stly for m u sk e ts a n d pow der.
road to give s e ttle rs along the shore 1
V o u c h e rs T all G row th .
K e p t by th e w h ite m an. th e y said,
Salem -G row th of the S ta te o f O re­ o f Goose lake an outleL
co n cealed , w ith th e plague. In his
gon is indicates! by the fa c t th a t 1,700
c e lla rs.
Silve
rsid
a
C
a
tc
h
G
ain
s.
vouchers w ill have been re v iv e d by
R e ad y to be let loose, and d e stro y hts
th e se c re ta ry o f s ta te 's office when
A sto ria — T he catch of silversides,
b ro th e r, th e re d m an!
th e month o f O ctober closes, the high- w hich w as lig h t for several days, has
w a te r m ark in th e history o f the sta te . shown im provem ent in the p ast few B ut w hen S ta n d is h re fu se d , and said
h e w ould give th e m th e B ible.
B efore S ecretary O lcott w ent into days, follow ing the change in the
office the av erage num ber a m onth w eather. N ot only the g illn e tte n but S u d d e n ly c h a n g in g th e ir to n e, th ey
b eg an to b o a st and to b lu ste r.
w as 1,000 and the record w as 1,200 the tra p s and seines have been doing
fo r one month. In Ju ly the num ber w ell. The M iller seining ground is T h en W a tta w a m a t a d v an c ed w ith a
s trid e In fro n t of th e o th e r.
o f vouchers reached 1,400, b u t this reported to have closed a few days
m onth th e re w ill be 300 m ore than ago. b u t now th a t th e catch is increas­ And. w ith a lo fty d e m e a n o r, th u s
T auntingly sp a k e to th e C a p ta in :
thaL
ing, it m ay resum e operations.
*
j»$f
CITIES
OF WORLD WILD SCRAMBLE OF WOMEN
London S till F ar In Lead, but New
Y o rk la G row ing Faster Than
A n y Other.
London Paper T e lls of Scene In C loak ­
room A fter the R acing at
Ascot.
L ondon, th e la rg e s t c ity In th e
w orld, h a s a p o p u latio n , a s now offi­
c ia lly a n n o u n ce d , of 7,252,963, as
a g a in s t 6,581,402 In 1901 —a n In c re a se
In t e n y e a rs of 671,561, o r only 10.2
p e r c en t. T h e p o p u latio n of New Y ork
Is 4,766,883, a n d w ith a g a in In th e
te n y e a rs of 38.7 p e r cen t.. Is gro w in g
fa s te r th a n a n y o th e r g re a t c ity In
th e w orld. A t th e r a te a t w hich th e
tw o la rg e s t c itie s a re g ro w in g It will
ta k e a long tim e fo r N ew Y ork to
c a tc h up w ith L o n d o n ; b u t It w ould be
a g re a t m is fo rtu n e If it e v e r did c a tc h
up— th e r e Is to o m u ch c o n g e s tio n In
New Y ork a lre a d y .
T h e th ird c ity In
size is P a ris, w h o se p o p u latio n Is pro b ­
ab ly 3,000,000. T h e fo u rth c ity Is p e r­
h a p s B erlin , w h ic h had a little o v e r
2,po0,000 five y e a rs ago. T okyo and
C hicago fall a little u n d e r th e 2,500,-
000 m a rk , a n d St. P e te rs b u rg , V ienna,
C anton. P ek in g , M oscow a n d P h ila d e l­
phia a re below 2,000,000. —R o c h e ste r
P ost-E xpress.
A t th e end of th e ra c in g a t A scot
y e ste rd a y It se e m s th a t th e clo ak ro o m
a rra n g e m e n ts m isc a rrie d , a n d w hen
th e w om en w e n t to g e t th e ir w ra p s
th e y w e re n o t re a d y to hand. A w ild
re p o rt c irc u la te d th a t th e th ie f w ho
sto le th e gold cup fo u r y e a rs ago had
been b u sy In th e clo ak ro o m and a ll
th e w om en ru sh e d to find for th e m ­
se lv es If th e d re a d fu l th in g w ere tru e .
T h e re h a s n o t b e en su c h an o u t­
b u rs t of fe m in in e e x c ite m e n t sin c e
th e la s t su ffra g is t ra id on th e ho u se
of com m ons, and th e a tte n d a n ts grew
so a la rm e d a n d w ere so a fra id of th e
cloakroom b e in g sto rm e d by th e a n g ry
o w n e rs of th e p re cio u s w ra p s th a t
th e y s e n t for th e police. W hen th e
c o n sta b le s cam e se v e ra l lad le s fled
lgnom lnously
w ith o u t th e ir th in g s.
T h e police u ltim a te ly s tra ig h te n e d o u t
th e ta n g le and th e h o n o r of A scot w as
sav ed . T h e c a u se of th e com m otion
Is said to h a v e b e en th e a ctio n of
som e w om en w ho left e a rly and p u t
e v e ry th in g In confusion In th e se a rc h
for th e ir c lo a k s.— L ondon E xpress.
W here A sp a ra g u s G row s W !ld.
A sp a ra g u s w as n o t In tro d u ce d Into
B rita in by th e R om ans, w ho applied
th e te rm a s p a ra g u s to te n d e r sh o o ts
w hich, a c c o rd in g to Ju v e n a l, grew on
m o u n ta in s (M o n tan l a s p a ra g l). T he
p la n t la c e rta in ly n a tiv e w ith us and
o c c u rs s p a rse ly on th e e a s te r n and
so u th e rn c o a s ts of E n g la n d a t A ngle­
sey a n d P e m b ro k e
In W aL 1 and
a ro u n d W exford a n d
W a te rfo rd In
Irela n d
It Is no lo n g er found on As­
p a ra g u s Island, n e a r th e L izard, as
all te x t books of E n g lish b o tan y a s­
s e rt, b u t still g ro w l p ro fu se ly cn som e
n e ig h b o rin g cliffs of K y n an ce Cove.—
W e s tm in s te r G azette.
C lo th es and th e Man.
"T h e b e tte r a p e rso n Is d re sse d the
less m oney be h a s as a ru le .” T h u s
Ju d g e P a rry , w hose e x p e rie n c e In the
co u n ty c o u rt c e rta in ly gives him a
rig h t to sp eak on th e subject.— Lon
don T eleg ra p h .
W om en In B u sin e ss W orld.
W om en a re now en g ag e d In all but
tw o of th e 303 g a in fu l o c c u p a tio n s of
th e m en of th is c o u n try .
Great S a v in g of Time.
T h e m a n a g e r of one of th e e le c tric
lig h t c o m p a n ies ot th e w e ste rn part
of th e c o u n try h a s g re a tly fa c ilita te d
th e b u sin e ss of m a k in g th e m o n th ly
re a d in g s of m e te rs by h a v in g th e se
In stru m e n ts
p laced
on
th e
rear
p o rc h es c f h o u se s In ste a d of In (he
c ellars. A bout h a .f of th e m e te rs of
th is com pany a re now lo ca ted In som e
c o n v en ien t and p ro te c te d p lac e In th e
r e a r of tb e bouee. w h e re It Is alw ay s
a c c e s sib le w ith o u t re g a rd to th e pres­
ence o r a b se n c e of th e In m a te s of the
house. The re s u lt Is th a t th e a v e ra g e
tim e fo rm e rly consum ed by th e In­
spector has been c u t a b o u t In halt.
Le avin g a Plan o Open.
It la beat to cloae th e p ian o a s soon
a s you h a v e finished p lay in g , b o th on
a cc o u n t of th e d u s t and th e v a ria tio n s
ot th e a tm o sp h e re .
T b e k ey b o ard
should be k e p t sc ru p u lo u sly clean.
A lcohol o r d ilu te d a m m o n ia m ay be
u se d for th is p u rp o se w ith a d v an ­
ta g e
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