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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