Mosier bulletin., December 22, 1911, Image 2

CURRENT EVENTS
OF THE WEEK
POW ERS PRESENT N O TE.
Anxious fo r Peace In C hina, But In­
sist on Republic.
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND
P icking a
PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE Jfeanta Claus'
Creasure JSo* . Dmrni
^ P latt
sas&iaigssftg
Cjmstmas
Greeting
Shanghai — The consuls o f th e six
R O S E B U R G A F T E R S. P.
powers called on Tang Shao Yi and
E X P E R IM E N T F A R M B U S Y ,
Dr. Wu T ing F an g and presented
th e ir note expressing th e good w ill of Claim s C o rp oratio n Pays No Taxes Three Buildings Put U p and 2 0 0
By J. F. HENDERSON
B r EUGENIA RABBA3
on C ity P roperty.
Acres Cleared o f Sagebrush.
th e ir respective governm ents and the
R o seb u rg — A lleging th a t R oseburg
B urns—The H arney C ounty ag ricu l­
hope th a t th e peace conference now in
jy o u g l a s a l l o c h
in common w ith o th e r m unicipalities tu ral experim ent statio n , six m iles
session would be successful.
C o p y rig h t, lflll
Ooprngtit. uu
HEN H arry P la tt and
of sim ila r situ a tio n throughout the e a st o f Burns, has been a busy place
The p resen tatio n s first a t the head­ sta te , is losing thousands o f dollars since S uperintendent B re ith a u p t took
General Resume o f Im p ortan t Events
HRISTMAS
was
at
th a t girl friend of the
O I am a heartless flirt,
q u a rte rs of T an g Shao Yi and a t annually through th e p resent system charge o f it late in th e sum m er. The
band, and Philip D ra­
G reens (I forget her
who doesn't understand
Presented In Condensed Form
p er’s h e a rt was heavy.
the home o f Dr. Wu F an g m ade' an o f apportioning th e valuations of e n tire 200 acres in the farm is now
nam e) w ere m arried,
th e m eaplng of the
fo r O u r Busy Readers.
For a num ber of years
it w as one of those
word love, am 1, Mr.
im pression. The G erm an consul was p ro p ertie s o f th e Southern Pacific cleared of sagebrush and 100 acres of
he had seem ed to be
company, th e council has empowered it has been plowed.
my-goodness - graclous-
William
Dunning?”
the first spokesm an a t each place.
th e particular p et of
M ayor Micelli to confer w ith officials
T hree good buildings are also p rac­
ju stth in k -o f-th at
af­
storm ed M arjorie all to
The riv e r Avon, in W ales, is o u t of
The A m erican rep rese n ta tiv e , Con­ o f th e various o th e r Oregon cities, tically com pleted — a larg e b am , a
m isfortune. As an a rt­
herself. In answ er to
fairs, w ith no one in
its banks and a large te rrito ry flooded. sul G eneral Amos W ilm er, seconded w ith a view o f com pelling the S tate m esshouse and a residence. The barn
ist his w ork displayed on th e secret except the suburban
th e final decree of rage
th
e
G
erm
an
's
address
and
w
as
fol­
tax comm ission to levy m ore equitable is b u ilt in m odern style, w ith hip
the m agic touch of m inister who tied th e knot, th e cab­
and defiance which th at
In a K ansas C ity tro lley -car w reck
genius, and he was In man who drive them out th e re (he
roof, g iv in g a good deal o f lo ft room
gentlem an hurled a t her
four persons w ere k illed and seven lowed by th e o th e r four diplom ats in valuations.
order o f th e ir seniority as determ ined
a fair way to achieve w asn’t told, but he had driven other
M ayor Micelli contends th a t under for h ay; th e m esshom e is of good
by m eans of a vigorous
injured.
by the length o f residence a t Shanghai. the p resen t system th e total valuation size and plastered on th e inside; the
fam e and worldly suc­ young couples out th a t way before,
slam of th e front door.
Dr. Sun Y a t Sen has been elected
The m in iste r o f com m unications in
cess when th e first of under sim ilar circum stances, with
"I believe he would
p resid en t o f China by a revolutionary the R epublican provisional g overn­ o f th e Southern Pacific’s pro p erties in residence is a large bungalow and is
| a c e rta in county are divided by the to be plastered.
a series of calam ities befell him. Soon sim ilar results, so I guess
he have shaken me, if he hadn’t rushed
convention.
m ent, Yen Tsao Yao, said th a t any | num ber o f m iles and apportioned
The w a te r supply fo r th e buildings after Philip's m arriage to p retty Lu­ j guessed), and th e girl from the out In tim e to p revent him self from
S ec retary McVeagh u rg es congress a tte m p t to o b tain foreign in terv en tio n | equally among th e bordering road and will be pumped by gasoline engine
cille G irard, his fath er failed In busi­ m in ister’s
kitchen,
who
w as
a doing It,” she continued, the ever
to ta k e up currency and banking re ­ would only m ake m a tte rs w orse in school d is tric ts . He said th a t such from a splendid well w hich w as drilled
ness and died w ithin a m onth th ere­ w itness, and left a
thum b-print ready dim ples venturing out of their
form legislatio n a t once.
C hina and endanger foreign in terests. procedure is u n fa ir considering th a t in a few m onths ago to a tank b u ilt in after, leaving nothing but a m ass of
of g rease on the certificate (she was hiding places, but she banished them
H is p a rty would not consent to the R oseburg th e re are m any m ore m iles the ground, and from th is it w ill be debts as a legacy to his son.
S u it has been filed by the govern­
frying doughnuts a t th e tim e) and the severely. “I’ll never, never forgive
m ent to dissolve th e Pacific C oast reten tio n o f the Manchus, he said, of track than in the a d jac en t d istricts. forced by pneum atic p ressure to all
Philip, who had ju s t been tak en into m in ister’s wife (at least the nam e was him, even though he asks me to, which
even
upon
a
lim
ited
basis
and
would
parts
of
the
buildings.
T
here
will
be
I t w as also cited th a t the shops, oil
Plum bing Supply association.
partnership w ith his father, and whose
of course, he won’t! And he calls me
in sist upon the estab lish m en t of a re ­ tan k s and o th e r valuable equipm ent in te rio r washroom s and lavatories, outlook on the future wa3 tinged with the sam e). L et's see, w here w as I? stu b b o rn !"
Oh, yes, when th e P la tts w ere m ar­
P re sid e n t T a ft officially abrogates public.
are w ith in the city lim its, and yet, w hich w ill be connected by tilin g w ith
N ext m orning M arjorie was trem en ­
ried, It being th a t kind of a wedding,
the R ussian tre a ty , b u t ratification
The R epublican governm ent,
he R oseburg receives only th a t sum of a septic tank constructed on scientific
th ere w as no chance to send them a dously busy w rapping up dainty little
is held up in th e sen ate by H eyburn.
said, w as prepared am ply to provide tax es realized on the basis o f m ain principles.
The clearin g o f the
wedding gift as I would have liked to
An O. R. & N. official says the for Manchu officials and to offer Yuan line m ileage.
ground of sagebrugh w as accom plished
do, or to have done, (w hichever Is
Chicago Land show will be the means Shi Kai th e presidency o f th e republic,
M ayor Micelli contends th a t Rose­ w ith a piece of 12x12 tim b er 24 fe e t
proper, or gram m atical, though I’m
of draw in g thousands of people to the b u t he added. Yuan Shi K ai m u st ac­ bu rg lik e every o th e r city in the s ta te long, shod its e n tire length w ith a
sure I can never tell which)
cept
it
before
it
is
too
late.
N orthw est.
is en title d to ta x e s on actual m ileage, steel bar, to which w ere hitched from
But Mr. P la tt Is one of the n icest men
including sid etrack s, as well as the e ig h t to 12 horses, according to the
in th e office, th a t Is, he w as before
F ire destroyed th e Chicago Open
The brush w as
this happened. So I felt we ought to
Board of T rade building, causing a N O T E O F P O W E R S IS P O IN T E D shops, oil tan k s and o th e r equipm ent. size o f the sage.
He says R oseburg had about five mowed down and pulled o u t in m ost
do som ething for him , ju s t to show
loss o f $100,000 and d riv in g 1,000
m iles o f track in th e city, enhanced effective style.
the color of the rose. wras crushed by our good w ill—and, anyhow, w e’ve
guests hurriedly from nearby hotels.
Unofficial W o rd Asserts T h a t W a r In
by th e shops and equipm ent and yet
The land plowed th is fall w ill be th is blow; but with a quixotic sense dug down for others we th o u g h t much
O rie n t M ust Cease.
The W ashington S ta te In d u strial In ­
receives only th a t sum of tax es re a l­ sown and planted to various crops and of duty he set him self the trem endous less of, so why shouldn’t we for him? parcels, for the next day was C hrist­
surance commission has allowed pen­
W ashington, D. C.— W hile m ild in ized from th e to tal divided by 116 an o th er lot o f plow ing w ill be done task of paying off the debts of the B ut the wedding w as over, w ithout In­ mas, and h er m any friends m ust be
sions to relativ es o f th e e ig h t Rirls tone, th e com m unication addressed by w hich is th e actual num ber o f m iles of in the spring, to be sown and planted firm. To accom plish this he had noth­
rem em bered. In spite of quarrels and
vitations, or even a reception, and
killed in th e Chehalis powder explo­
road in Douglas county.
w ith the sam e kind o f crops, so as to ing to depend upon but the sale of his they w ere housekeeping before we Billy.
the rep re se n ta tiv e s of th e pow ers to
Still, she seem ed very much preoc­
sion.
The m ayor said th a t he would im ­ te s t the respective results.
pictures; yet, year in and y ear out, knew It. So w hat could we do?
cupied over her work, and quite sud­
A non-union tax icab ran into a the Chinese peace com m issioners does m ediately confer w ith the m ayors of
he toiled on stubbornly and uncom ­
Well,
ju
s
t
then
S T A T E C O M M IS S IO N B U S Y .
denly she threw aside the piece of
s tre e t car in St. Louis, a fte r the not lack v irility . I t indicates p o in t­ all th e im p o rta n t tow ns in the sta te
plainingly, while he and Lucille and C hristm as
cam e
holly she had been toying with, and
d riv er had been stru ck by a brick edly th a t th e presen t s trif e m ust cease. and th a t a form al p ro test would be
th eir little boy were deprived of many along not ju s t then
fairly flew to th e telephone.
hurled by union sym pathizers, and
As explained a t th e S ta te d e p a rt­ sen t la te r to th e S ta te tax com m is­ Railroad Body M eets and Secures of the com forts of life th a t the bulk but two m onths
In answ er to her im patient sum ­
sion.
16 persons w ere injured.
Evidence at Union.
of his earnings m ight go to his credi­ a fte r the wedding.
m ent, each of the re p re se n ta tiv e s o f
mons, she was quickly connected with
In ev en t th is action fails to bring
tors.
The
house
In
which
they
lived
T hey w ere m ar­
U nion—The S tate R ailroad comm is­
O rtie M cM anigal, whose confession the six powers addressed an inform al resu lts, a tto rn ey s will be employed
Brown & Co.’s book store. “H ave you
in the dy n am itin g o u tra g e s w as in ­ and unofficial note to th e C hinese peace and th e law governing the present sion has been in U nion ta k in g te s ti­ was a roomy old m ansion on the out­ ried O ctober 29,
se n t out those books th a t w ere order­
sk
irts
of
th
e
city,
left
to
Philip
by
a
so
It
w
asn’t
quite
mony
in
the
case
of
th
e
C
entral
R
ail­
stru m en tal in convicting th e M cNam­ com m issioners, ex p ressin g th e desire procedure of th e Tax commission will
ed for Mr. W illiam D unning?” Bhe ask­
aras, will be held in Los A ngeles to o f th e ir individual governm ents for an be attack ed . The council has a u th o r­ road o f Oregon. Clyde B. A itchison maiden aunt, who had passed away tw o m onths, but
ed anxiously.
since
the
death
of
his
father,
and
th
a
t's
c
l
o
s
e
give fu rth e r inform ation.
early and am icable se ttle m e n t o f the ized an app ro p riatio n necessary in de­ and F ran k M iller, of th e com m ission;
The answ er evidently pleased her.
which
Lucille
had
persuaded
him
not
enough.
When
W. C. E arle, civil en g in ee r; Jam es
for she breathed a sigh of relief.
Tw elve w ere killed and about 20 presen t situ atio n .
fra y in g th e costs o f th e action.
to
sell.
This
house,
by
the
way,
had
C hristm as
cam e
W. C raw ford, second assista n t a tto r­
To th e U nited S ta te s belongs the
“T h a t’s all rig h t; I’m glad you haven’t,
h u rt in a collision betw een a “ silk
th a t
Is,
ney general and A bner Jones, sten o ­ originally belonged to an eccentric old along,
for
I have changed my mind about
special” and th e re a r end o f a reg u lar cred it of b rin g in g about a concert o f
sea
captain,
Jerem
iah
Suggs
by
name,
BOX MEN EXTEN D M ARKET.
ju s t
before
It
grapher, made up th e party.
The
passenger tra in of the Chicago, M il­ action in C hina by the six g re a t pow­
them . Please cancel the ord er.”
who was reputed to be som ething ol cam e along, I sug­
C
entral
R
ailroad
of
O
reg
o
n
w
as
rep
re­
w aukee & St. Paul road a t Odessa, ers o f the world, which is likely to a c ­
M arjorie hung up the receiver with
th a t we
Preparations
M ade
fo r Increased sented by A ttorney C. E. Cochran, of a m iser, and who lived and died a re ­ gested
complish peace there.
Minn.
an a ir of trium ph. “There, I’m glad I
cluse.
La
G
rande;
the
Com
m
ercial
club
of
m
ake
up
a
purse
Business N ext Few Years.
C ontrary to p a st experience, th e six
thought of th at!
Billy would have
P rem ier A squith says woman su f­
The crow ning calam ity came to and give them a
U nion by B. F. W ilson, o f Union.
powers now practically are u nited in
construed a C hristm as present Into an
frag e is a big political m istake.
A sto ria — A t a m eetin g of rep resen ­
Philip
D
raper
when
the
debt
w
as
all
E vidence w as taken and it is un­
so rt of delayed
th e ir aim s and desires
reg ard in g ta tiv e s of the box facto ries in Oregon
ab jec t apology.” she said, her Indig­
The F rench objection to th e Moroc­ China, based on a recognition o f the and W ashington, held a few days ago, derstood th a t the commission will de­ but cleared off. It was then he was wedding present,
nation rising a t the very thought of
overtaken
by
a
w
asting
Illness,
which
ju s t to show our
can pact w as beaten in th e cham ber necessity o f preserv in g th e in te g rity an o rg anization w as formed w ith the cide the points a t issue a t th e n ext
such a thing.
kept
him
confined
to
his
bed
for
al­
reg
u
lar
m
eeting.
good
will.
E
very­
of deputies.
and autonom y
o f ' th a t
country. o b ject o f ex ten d in g th e m ark et o f the
B ut when she w ent back to her par­
The rep a ir and continued operation m ost a year, and leaving him d esti­ body thought It
The sen ate inclines to expedite in W hether th is is accom plished under various plants in the two states, and
cels and picked up th e little twig of
tute.
T
he
butcher
and
the
baker
of
the
road
from
U
nion
to
Union
Ju
n
c
­
was a splendid
every way the ab rogation of the tre a ty an im perial o r a republican form o f R. B. D yer, su p erin ten d en t o f the
holly she had Intended tucking away
governm ent ¡ b not reg ard ed as m a­ C latsop m ill, of th is ’eity. w as elected tion is one o f the principal points a t th reatened to deny him further Idea, th a t Is, of course, except Mr. Into one of them , her face softened. “I
w ith R ussia.
credit,
and
his
hom
e
was
heavily
issue, the company having conceded
P
latt,
whom,
of
course,
1
didn’t
con-
teria
l..
as its president. An office is being th a t it w as th e ir in tention finally to m ortgaged. The outlook w as gloomy.
know th a t Isn’t the rig h t kind of a
K ing George, now em peror o f India,
cult. So 1 got up a subscription paper
opened in P ortland w ith a Mr. Bann­ abandon th a t portion o f th is road and
review ed 50,000 B ritish and n ativ e
“And tom orrow is C hristm as,” he re­ and w ent to everybody In th e office C hristm as sp irit to have, but I can 't
PARK RO ADS A P P R O V E D .
ing in charge, and his duties a re to m ake H ot Lake the connecting point m arked to his wife, w ith a grim smile.
have Billy thinking th a t I am adm it­
troops a t Delhi.
(except Mr. P latt, of course). I got
com prise an investig atio n to ascertain w ith the O.-W . R. & N. road. The
"N ever mind, dear; let us hold fast $26.60, including ten cents from the tin g I w as wrong, when I know I
A P o rtlan d boy o f six y ears held a
lan tern w hile his fa th e r captured a M a jo r M o rro w Outlines System fo r the prices, th e e x te n t of the demand m em bers o f the Commission then pro­ to our courage,” said Mrs. D raper, Janitor, who w asn’t expected to give w asn’t,” she argued with herself.
and all o th e r in form ation reg ard in g ceeded to B aker to ta k e testim ony rel­ trying to speak cheerfully, though
C ra te r Lake.
M eanwhile w hat would Billy do?
b u rg la r in th e house.
anything but w anted to give som e­
the box trad e on th e A tlan tic coast, in ativ e to the S um pter V alley road.
there wag an ominous quaver in her thing, which shows ju s t how popular Would he, too, lest M arjorie m ight
W ashington, D. C.— The secretary China, A u stra lia and South A m erica.
The U nited StateB a tto rn e y general
voice.
Mr. P latt was w ith everyone in the think he was adm itting som ething, ig­
advises supervision of m erg ers by the of w ar has se n t to congress w ith his
The opening of th e P anam a canal
N A T R O N E X T E N S IO N P U S H E D .
“W hat h u rts me m ost Is the building, when a Janitor even would nore her existence th is C hristinas al­
endorsem ent th e rep o rt o f M ajor J. J. w ithin the n e x t y e a r o r two w ill, it is
bureau of corporations.
together?
thought th a t C hristm as is so close chip in.
Morrow on th e survey and e stim a te
A St. Ixiuis ju ry is " o n s trik e ” for a system o f roads and tra ils in the believed, g ive th e p lan ts located on W o rk on Present C o n tra c t H u rrie d — at hand and th a t th ere will be no
She held h er breath w ith the
But, honest, g ettin g pledges of
th
e
w
aterw
ay
s
cheaper
fre
ig
h
t
rates,
a g ain st th e in stru ctio n s o f the judge C ra te r Lake N ational p ark . M ajor
thought of such a possibility, and In
Depot at La G rande H a lf Done,
S anta Claus for Bobfc
$26.60
from
alm
ost
th
irty
people,
some
so th a t they w ill be able to extend
"Poor, little d e a r!” said Mrs. D raper. of them w orking for $50 a week and h er h eart she alm ost prayed th a t Billy,
an 1 refu ses to re tu rn a verdict.
M orrow’s plan contem plates th e con­
Eugene— T h a t w ork on the present
th e ir trad e into new fields.
Suddenly she started up w ith an anx­ som e of them for only $5, and then influenced by the sp irit of peace and
stru ctio n o f 62 m iles of road and 160
co
n
tract
o
f
the
N
atron
extension
is
E x-governor Gooding a ttack ed the
m iles o f tra ils a t a total cost of $642,-
rapidly n earin g com pletion is the ious glance about the room. "I won­ collecting it, which is alw ays harder, good will, which was a p art of this sea­
Pinchot policies in a speech before the
P O U L T R Y S H O W T O BE H E L D
000, of which am ount $100,000 w ill hie
sta te m e n t made by F. R. H am blet, der w here th a t child c a - be? I haven’t because you have to m ake change, son, would hold forth the olive branch
N ational W oolgrow ers’ convention.
av ailab le n e x t y ear if congress a p ­
general office m anager a t N atron. seen him for a t least tw o hours.”
and you can ’t, o r they forget and you in th e form of a C hristm as greeting.
C entral W illam ette Association Is O r ­
“Oh, don’t be alarm ed. I dare say h ate to speak about it, but, as I say,
A rchduke H enry
F erdinand, of proves the recom m endation.
The Joyous ringing of C hristm as
W here th ree large labor cam ps have
ganized at Albany.
A ustria, would abandon his title s and
In addition it is proposed to expend
been m aintained all sum m er, Mr. he Is rum m aging about In the cellar or a t th a t getting it and then g ettin g it bells and m erry shouts of her younger
attic
or
some
out-of-the-way
closet,
heirship to th e throne in ord er to $65,000 for a system o f ta n k s and
Is, or are, w hichever Is right, much siste rs and brothers, when they dis­
A lbany—To hold an annual poultry H am blet says, th ere is now b u t one
m arry the g irl o f his choice.
w ater supply lines for sprin k lin g .
It fa ir a t th is city th e C entral W illam ­ b allasting cam p w ith about 50 labor­ and is wholly absorbed in his Investi­ easier than spending it so as to please covered th eir stockings the next morn­
gations.”
ing, only served to em phasize her de­
everybody.
Dr. J . W hitcom b B rougher, a prom ­ will cost $20,000 annually to m aintain e tte P o u ltry association was organized ers. One w ork tra in is employed in
“B ut he gets so dirty. I wish 1
The association will include clearing slides, which have been fre ­
inent P ortland m in ister, who accepted the roads when com pleted. The more here.
C hristm as shopping is h ard enough, pression.
“Billy never loved me; if he really
a call to a Los A ngeles church gets im p o rtan t roads, it is said, can be th e poultrym en of Linn, B enton and quent, and in m ain tain in g the track. could cure him of th a t tendency to goodness knows, when you do It for
increase o f $1,600 per y e a r in salary. com pleted w ith in th ree y ears if con­ Lincoln counties and possibly o th er The depot building a t Lowell is about pry into every rem ote nook and cor­ yourself: but when you do it for a and truly did he never could tre a t me
gress m akes av ailable sufficient money, adjoining counties.
h alf com pleted, and when it is com­ ner Why, only yesterday he asked stock com pany capitalized a t $26.60, like this,” she told herself as she stood
bu t com pletion of th e e n tire system
PO RTLAND M ARKETS.
Ed Schoel, o f A lbany, was elected pleted the contractors w ill move on to me to unlock every tru n k and draw er w ith 28 stockholders, with 28 different looking with unseeing eyes a t the
*Le attic, so th a t he could ex'-mine kinds of ideas and tastes, then C hrist­ snowy C hristm as world.
Jasp er, and then to O akridge.
p resid en t o f th e new association.
W heat — T rack p ric e s: B luestem , will req u ire seven w orking seasons.
C hanges in the lines of the original «heir contents a t his leisure. He m ust m as shopping rises above a m ere a n ­
Ju s t then a young man, fairly te a r­
It w as decided to hold the first show
81«/82c; club, 79c; red R ussian, 78c;
in Decem ber, 1912. Mr. Schoel who survey e a st o f O akridge, w hich is the be broken of th a t habit.”
Stubbs Pension Approved.
valley, 80c; forty-fold, 79«/80c.
noyance to the dignity of a real tro u ­ ing around the corner, arrested her a t­
"N onsense! If he finds happiness ble. And th a t’s w-hat I was up against. tention. It was no less a person than
Corn— W hole, $07; cracked, $38 ton.
San F ran cisco —T h irty -tw o ap p lica­ is su p erin ten d e n t o f th e poultry de­ eastern term inus of the contract ju s t
M illstuffs— Bran, $23 p er to n ; m id­ tions for pensions w ere approved by p a rtm e n t o f th e Oregon S ta te fair, being com pleted by the U tah-Con­ In rum m aging, let him rum m age. Bob­ I thought It would be nice to get an Billy him self who was coming, post
was chosen su p erin ten d e nt of the show stru ctio n company, a re being rushed, by Is of an Inquisitive tu rn of mind.
h aste, to see her.
dlings, $30; shorts, $24; rolled b a r­
the pension board o f th e lla rrim a n and com m ittees w ere nam ed to a r ­ and fu rth e r contracts w ill be let Perhaps it m eans th a t he Is going to expression of opinion. So I went
M arjorie looked a t him In won­
ley, $37«/ 38.
around
one
m
orning
and
asked
for
lines w ithin th e ju risd ictio n of the range prem ium lists and organize the w ithin a short tim e. The n ext con­ be a g re a t explorer, or a famous sci­
O ats—-No. 1 w hite, $30.50«/31 ton.
W hat had come over Billy?
ideas. But I couldn’t get a word. No­ der.
Pacific system .
The board also ap ­ advance work for the shows.
tra
c
ts
to
be
let
probably
w
ill
cover
a
entist. when he grows up. Who body could think of anything. I Why th is sudden contrition, when, she
llay-—No. 1 E astern Oregon tim o­
proved the re tire m e n t of J . C. Stubbs,
stre tc h about 12 m iles in length, and know s?”
thy, $18«/ 18.50; No. 1 valley, $16«/
couldn’t myself. At noon I went adm itted it now for the first tim e,
who resigned recently a fte r 42 y ears
will be up the S alt C reek canyon.
S tra w b e rrie s G row n in W inter.
16; a lfa lfa , $13«/14; clover, $11«/’12;
Mr. D raper had hardly finished out and looked.
I w alked m iles even to herself she had been greatly,
o f service. I t was reported th a tS tu b b s
grain, $12«/13.
speaking when Bobby popped Into the I priced, then I w ent back to if not altogether, to blam e for th eir
C ottag e Grove— T h e re ’s not much
would have a pension o f $18,000 a year.
O regon City G ro w s Fast.
room, held out a grim y little fist the office. You should have seen quarrel. It w asn't a bit like Billy to
B arley— Feed, $36«/37 ton.
The persons pensioned ranged in posi­ the m a tte r w ith a country th a t will
F resh F ru its —P ears, 50c// $1.50 per
O regon C ity—T h at O regon C ity had
my desk. H onest, you would have e a t hum ble pie a t any tim e, and this
tion from laborers to high officials, produce stra w b e rrie s rig h t in the m id­
box; grapes, $1.25«/1.50; cra n b e r­
thought some one had turned in a gen unexpected tu rn of affairs com pletely
am ong the la tte r being D. W. Hors- dle of th e w in ter, and th a t's w hat the the m ost rem arkable grow th the past
ries, $12«/13 per b a rre l; ensabas,
eral alarm . T hey couldn't w ait for me disarm ed her.
burg, who had been au d ito r o f fre ig h t C o ttag e Grove country is doing. Fe­ y ear in its history in shown by a re ­
$1.50 p er crate.
“O, Billy, I am so glad you cam e.”
to get back. T here they were— 28 of
port m ade by Miss A n ita M cCarver,
accounts for 41 y ears and 7 m onths.
lix
C
u
rrin
w
as
in
th
e
city
th
is
week
A pples Jon ath an s, $1.50«/2.25 per
them , (th at is. 27, or 28 w ith m e). Billy took some little tim e to em pha­
who has com pleted ta k in g the city
w
ith
a
bunch
o
f
the
berries
th
a
t
box; Spitzenberg, $ l« /2 .5 0 ; Baldwin,
They all had suggestions, and they size his appreciation of her welcome
opened th e eyes o f even old-tim ers. school census. Miss M cCarver reports
Eggs High In N ew Y o rk .
75c’</$1.50; Red Cheek Pippin, $1.25
were all different.
th
a
t
57
residences
have
been
erected
They
w
ere
large,
solid,
healthy-look-
New York — B u tte r and eggs are
«/1.75; N orthern Spy, $1.26«/1.75;
T he head book­
in the city since the census w as taken
ing
b
erries,
only
a
few
o
f
which
w
ere
selling
in
New
York
a
t
th
e
hig
h
est
W inter B ananas, $2«/3; Bellflower,
keep er
thought
one y ear ago, and 100 homes have been
y
e
t
ripe.
T
here
w
ere
also
several
prices
reg
istered
in
10
years.
D
ealers
$ l.lo « / 1.35.
an
arm
chair
rem odeled since then. N ot m ore than and, as he opened the chubby fingers,
blossoms
w
hich
had
not
y
et
developed
and
w
arehousem
en
point
to
th
e
prices
P otato es— B uying prices: Burbanks,
revealed a tw enty-dollar gold piece ly­
would be nice.
These berries w ere 25 homes have h eretofore been the
as ju stificatio n of the cold sto rag e into berries.
90c«/$1.20 per hundred.
ing
on
his
upturned
palm.
(H e stan d s up all
average. The increase in the a tte n d ­
O nions—Jo b b in g price, $1.50 per system . R etail price o f eg g s ranges grow n in the open.
“ M oney!” gasped Philip. He sn atch ­
day). T he collec­
ance a t th e Oregon C ity high school
from 48 to 75 cents, and b u tte r is sold
sack.
ed the coin and exam ined It critically.
to r thought a rain ­
th is season w as 100 per cent.
C o ttage Grove G range G ro w *.
V egetables — A rtichokes, 90c per a t from 40 to 50 cents a pound.
"W here did you get this? W hat |
coat would
be
C
o
ttag
e
G
rove
C
ottage
Grove
dozen; cabbage, l « / l j c per pound;
does It m ean?”
best, w hile Miss
O . A. C Cadets G et Aid.
g
ran
g
e
in
a
few
days
w
ill
be
the
la
rg
­
Elgin,
III.
—
Control
o
f
th
e
E
lgin
cauliflower, $1.90«/.2 per c ra te ; cu ­
“I found It In the a ttic !” explained j
Jones suggested a then "Glad I cam e? Why w ouldn't i
O regon A gricultural College, Cor­
cum bers, $1.25«/1.76 per dozen; cel­ hoard o f trad e, whose b u tte r q u o ta ­ e st in the sta te , th e resu lt o f the en­
Bobby.
"T here are lots m ore there. [
dress
pattern. come, dear?” he asked.
vallis
The
m
ilitary
d
ep
artm
en
t
of
ery, C alifornia, $4«/ 4.25 per c ra te ; tions fix th e stan d ard for th e country, th u sia stic m em bership contest ju s t
Come on. I’ll show you w here.”
They all said, of
“B ecause you vowed you w ouldn't
e g g p la n t, 12c per pound; g arlic, 6«/ has passed into the hands o f Chicago com pleted. The m em bership has been the Oregon A gricultural college is
The next m om ent the fath er and
course, th a t they unless I apologized," M arjorie explain­
enlarge«! from 98 to 376, which is a m aking prep aratio n s to increase still
10c p er pound; lettu ce, $2.50 per and W isconsin producers.
m other, each grasping a hand of the
left It en tirely to ed m ischievously.
record never bef«>re equale«! in the | m ore the efficiency d u rin g the n ext
c ra te ; peppers, 8 « /10c per pound;
frightened youngster, w ere hastening
m
e; and then each
h
a
lf
year.
The
num
bers
are
larg
er
“You d id n 't th in k I’d be so narrow
sta
te
.
O
f
th
e
new
m
em
bers.
Bob
T
u
rk
s
May
A
tk
fo
r
Peace,
pum pkins, 1«/ l$c per pound; sprouts, 9
up the stairs. When they reached the
w ent aw ay sadly, and unforgiving as to ignore your dear
« / 10c per (round; squash, l R / r l i c ; to ­
London The T urkish governm ent is Mosby, a cousin o f Colonel John Mos- now than they have ev er been before, attic the whole astounding tru th was
as much as to say little peace offering? I brought one of
m atoes, $1.75 per box ; carro ts, $1 about to m ake peace proposals, accord­ hy of civil w a r fam e, brought in 200, it being necessary to p u t into comm is­ laid bare to them. Bobby had been
th a t he hoped I the books with m e to read som ething
per s a c k ; tu rn ip s, $1; beets, $1; p a r­ ing to a dispatch from the Ita lia n cap­ and caused consternation in the camp sion 80 new K rag rifles. For gallery I rummaging, as usual. Finding a loose
w ouldn’t be so to you,” he told her, and diving Into
snips, $1.
ita l. The B ritish foreign office has o f his opponents. The last evening of p ractice the regulation U nited S ta te s ! brick in th e crum bling m asonry of the
foolish as to buy his pocket he produced a little copy
B u tte r— Oregon cream ery b u tte r, issued a sta te m e n t th a t T urkey was the g ran g e was a rousing one, the los­ arm y gallery gun w ill be used. T his big chimney, he had pulled it out and
any of those other of “Romeo and Ju liet.”
solid pack, 36; p rin ts, e x tr a ; b u tte r inform ed in 1904 th a t Solium, in ers« tre a tin g the w inners to a banquet. gun is an ex act model o f the reg u lar j made a startlin g discovery.
things th a t the
K rags, both as to w eig h t and balance. ,
M arjorie was surprised for a second,
B ards, the e a ste rn division o f T ripoli,
fs t, lc less than solid pack prices.
“I
w
anted
to
find
out
how
Santa
It shoots 22-caliber cartrid ig es.
o th ers had pro­ th en It flashed over her w hat It all
J a p * Lease T h re e Farm s.
P oultry — Hens, 12c; springs, 11«/ was included in E g y p tian te rrito ry ,
Claus comes down the chim ney,” said
posed.
meanL Brown & Co. had forgotten to
G re sh a m —T hree more o f the finest
12; ducks, young, 17«; 18c; geese, 12 and th a t its occupation by E gy p tian
the boy, regretfully. “I didn't mean j The next day I looked again. But cancel h er order and Billy had re­
O regon ” U ” G rads T each .
I t is farm s in easte rn M ultnom ah have re ­
«/,13c; tu rk ey s, live, 20</21c; dressed, troops is now m ere fo rm ality .
e ith er a thing was too expensive o r I ceived the books. Billy had construed
U n iv ersity of Oregon, Eugene— Ac­ to do any harm —”
believed, how ever, th a t T u rk ey never cently been leas«>d to Jap an ese fa rm ­
choice, 22$«/ 23c.
An exclam ation from his fath er In- ! would have money left. It Is rem ark- j her sending them into a hum ble plea
ers. who a re already a t work pr« p a r­ cording to the high school files o f th e |
Eggs —Fresh Oregon ranch, candled, form ally ad m itted th is view.
terrupted
him.
Philip,
tearing
away
able how few things th ere a re In the for forgiveness.
ing fo r fu tu re crops.
One o f the sta te , over 100 g rad u ates of the U ni­
37$c per d ozen; case-count, 35c per
the bricks to enlarge the opening, had world you can buy for $26.60, no
He m ost probably w ouldn't have
River Avon on Ram page.
th ree is the Powell donation land v ersity o f Oregon are now teachers in
dozen.
th ru st his arm into the cavity and
come a t all if it hadn’t been for that.
Pork Fancy, 8«/ 8Jc p er pound.
Sw ansea, W ales The floods caused claim , p a rtia lly inside th e city lim its O regon high schools. They are repre- drawn forth two small boxes, accom­ more, no less.
And then I saw I t It was In a de­ She stiffened visibly and all her lova
throughout Southern W ales have su b ­ of G resham , and owne«l by John Clan- sented in 45 sep arate high schools and panied by a show er of yellow coins
V eal—Fancy, 14«/ 14$c p er pound.
w as swallowed up In a wave of rebel­
C attle — Choice ste e rs, $6.76h/6; sided to a g re a t e x te n t. A score o f i ahan. A nother is the form er C aptain , in 22 counties, E ugene high school Among them was a scrap of paper on partm en t store, and m arked down
from $50 to $26 60! T here it was, to lious pride.
Brown farm opposite the leading w ith 11 and the P ortland
good, $5«/5.60; choice cows, $4.60</5; bridges over the R iver Avon have A. J .
which
was
w
ritten:
a cent! A great, big. glittering, mag- j "You a re m istaken,” she comm enced
good, $4.25/>/4.50; choice spayed h eif­ been sw ept aw ay, and hundreds o fj Tw elve Mile house, w hile the third is schools n ext w th nine. The class of ,
“I have no heirs, no kith nor kin.
The losses in the th e big prune farm o f J . J . K adderly. 1911. the last to leave the U niversity, ' This property goes to the finder, and nlflcent Punch Bowl! Nobody had coldly, but Billy Interrupted her.
ers, $5,/ 6.25; good to choice heifers, homes inundated.
has the la rg e st num ber teaching. 32
"H ere, I have found 1L
thought of th at!
$4.50«/4.60; choice bulls, $4.25«/4.50 Avon and N eath valleys, w hich w ere
may he enjoy IL It consists of $30.- | But. to m ake sure. I sen t the sales . • My bounty is as boundless as the
Poultry Association at M ilton.
in all.
good, $1«/ 1.25; choice calves, $7«/8; m ost affected by th e inundation, prob­
D00 in gold and governm ent bonds, ticket with It and told the P la tts they |
sea.
M ilton A poultry association is to
good, $6.76«i:7.
ably will am ount to $1,000,000.
and tw ice th at am ount In gems.
Pacific A tta r * 1 0 0 .0 0 0 .
could exchange th e punch bowl. If My love as deep, the m ore I give to
be organized in th e M ilton-F reew ater
Hogs-—Choice lig h t hogs, $6.55«/)
“JEREM IAH SUGGS."
N ew berg— Pacific College is launch­
Snow Plows O ut In T exas,
thee.’
they wished, for som ething they liked
6.65; good to choice hogs, $6.25«!
d is tric t. A m eetin g w as held by poul­
Bobby was the hero of the horn, better.
“The m ore I have, for both a re In­
6.60; fa ir, $6/,/6.26; smooth heavy
W ichita Falls, Tex. - Snow plows try fanciers, a t which the Rev. J . A. ing a cam paign fo r an addition of
And w hat do yon suppose those finite," be was reading, and the sim ple
hogs, $5.25«/ 6.60.
I. E. Young. E. A. $100.000 to the endow m ent. P resi­ and the rejoicing th a t followed may
w ere ordered o u t in T exas W ednesday. Lord presided.
beauty of the lines awoke som ething
Sheep — Choice y earlin g w ethers, F our feet o f snow are on th e level W illiam s and E. B. Tolen w ere ap­ dent Pennington is to w ithdraw from b etter be imagined than described. P latts did?
In January they traded In th a t mag In M ariorle stro n g er than pride or re ­
»3. 76«z 4 ; choice k illin g ew es, $3.25 along the Panhandle ro u te o f th e F o rt pointed to draw up a co n stitu tio n and all classroom work to tak e the lead in W as It a m erry C hristm as for the
« /3 .7 6 ; choice lam bs, $4.90«/5.10; W orth & D enver railw ay. Preceded by-law s, and B. F. W illiam s w as th is cam paign, b u t w ill not re tire D rapers? Ask Bobby, who firmly be­ nifleent punch howl for th ree tons of sentm ent and she only smiled when h/
added tenderly: “ My C hristm as g reet­
good to choice lam bs, $4.75«z.4.90; by heavy rain s th e blizzard appeared named as chairm an o f a com m ittee o f | from his executive d u ties as head of lieves he found S anta Claus' treasu re coal!
ing to you, dear.'*
culls, ?3«i4.
12 to solicit m em bership and funds.
| the school.
to be tra v e lin g southeast.
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Doings of the World at Large
Told in Brief.
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