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was asleep, yet considered 1t strange prom ptly aent for the pollca. TRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE 4 7 0 0 A CR ES W ITHDRAWN. Land U nder Colum bia S o u th ern P ro je c t A cted O n. Salem — W ithdraw al o f 4,700 acres under th e d efu n ct C olum bia Southern p ro ject waa agreed to by th e D esert Land board, e x p iratio n on th is being due shortly. The board took th is ste p to p ro tect th e land a g ain a t being throw n open fo r e n try and to give th e Oregon W ashington F inance company, which is a tte m p tin g to place th e old p roject on its feet, a b e tte r chance. R ep resen tativ es of th e Oregon- W ashfngton F inance com pany rep o rt th a t they a re m aking ex cellen t pro gress tow ard financing th e plan, and w hile they may not com plete th e ir efforts successfully before th e tim e lim it expires, they believe they can do the work w ithin a reasonable tim e and place th e pro ject on its feet. T his seg reg atio n em braces 27,000 acres in Crook county on the W est side o f th e D eschutes riv e r n ear I,aid- law. The segregation w as orig in ally m ade on b eh alf of th e T hree S iste rs Irrig a tio n company, w hich proposed to reclaim the lands from th e re g u la r flow o f Tum alo creek. T his company subsequently as signed its in te re sts to th e Colum bia Southern Irrig a tio n com pany, which in tu rn tra n sfe rre d them to th e Co lum bia Southern Irrig a tin g company The company sold w a te r rig h ts for 17,929 acres inside th e seg reg atio n and 1,360 acres outside. I t was soon discovered, how ever, th a t th e re g u la r flow o f Tum alo creek w as sufficient fo r only a b o u t 2,000 acres, and as a re su lt th e board endeavored to have the com pany com plete a sto rag e plan fo r th e reclam ation o f lands, b u t the company refused, a receiv er w as ap pointed and a s u it w as commenced to cancel th e com pany’s co n tract, b u t in th is th e s ta te lost. O REG O N HEN EN R O U TE. Poultry D em onstration C a r to Be 8 e n t O u t April I. O regon A g ricu ltu ra l College, Cor vallis— A new a c tiv ity o f th e ex te n sion division o f th e O regon A gricul tu ra l college is about to be launched, when a poultry dem onstration c a r is sen t out, to trav el over th e Southern Pacific lines. In consultation w ith A ssista n t Gen eral F re ig h t A g en t L ounsberry, and S ta te S u p erin ten d en t o f Schools A b ler man, P ro f. H etzel, d irecto r o f e x te n sion a t th e college w ill m ake o u t the itin e ra ry o f th e car, and a rra n g e to have th e school children in each town w here th e c a r stops dism issed fo r th a t day, th a t th e y m ay a tte n d th e lectu res and dem onstrations. The c a r w ill a rriv e in C orvallis about M arch 16, and Prof. Ja m e s Dry- den, o f th e college, w ill equip it, probably u sin g much o f th e m aterial shown in th e egg production ex h ib it a t th e close o f fa rm e rs’ w eek. D ur ing th e trip , C. C. Lam b, forem an of th e college poultry p lan t, w ith an a ssista n t, w ill be in charge, and will d eliv er th e lectures. The Southern Pacific railro ad has agreed to carry the car w ith o u t expense to th e college over all its lines, atta c h in g it to reg u la r tra in s, and leaving it a t th e s ta tions scheduled. BREW ERS R E JE C T PLAN. D oubt Practicability o f S chem a to G row O w n H ops. P o rtlan d —The b rew ers o f th e U n it ed S ta te s have decided not to go into the hopgrow ing business. T he scheme fath ered by E. Clem ens H u rst to u n ite th e b rew ers and Pacific C oast hopmen into a g re a t hop-producing monopoly has fallen by th e wayBide, lik e so m any o th e r schem es designed to put the hum ble hopgrow er o u t o f business. A t a m eetin g of th e U n ited S ta te s R rew era’ association, held in New York C ity recently, the H o rst p roject w as tu rn ed down, as not p ractical from a b re w e r’s standpoint. It is said th ere w as much u n favorable com m ent a t th e m eetin g on th e m nnner in w hich th e nam es o f leading brew ers w ere used w ith o u t a u th o rity in try in g to fu rth e r the movem ent. R oad to Ashland to Be Built. K lam ath Falla— I t is expected th a t th e much talk ed o f and badly needed good road betw een Ashland and this city will become a re a lity n e x t sum m er. W ork on th e K lam ath portion o f the road w ill be commenced as soon as th e w e a th e r is favorable. Jackson county w ill im prove the highw ay from th e K lam ath county line to Ashland. Much work w as done la st y ear on the road betw een Keno and th e county line, and a wagon bridge has been b u ilt across the K lam ath R iver near the old ford. 9 Laksvlew to G st D epot. L akeview —The N evada-C alifom ia O regon railro ad will soon commence erection of a larg e passenger statio n a t th e foot o f C en ter stre e t. Pressed brick and stone m aterials w ill be used. G eneral M anager Dunaway says th is will be one o f th e finest statio n s on th e line, th e cost will be about $15,- 000. In addition to th e tra in m a ste r's office, th e u p sta irs offices w ill be used by th e d is tric t sup erin ten d en t. This will be a term in al point for many y ears and alw ays will be a division poinL th e railroad men say. W O O D RA T8 BLAMED. P orcupine* A lto S aid to Ba D amag ing Valley T im b er. C ottage Grove — No positive clews have been obtain ed as y e t as to w hat m anner of anim al is doing the m y ste r ious dam age to th e tim b e r on the S torey-B racher tra c t, n e a r here. The guesses vary from a w oodpecker to a rokarebor, and include pine squirrels, wood beavers, w oodrats, goats, pocket gophers, w orm s, sidehill augurs, fly ing squirrels, m ountain beaver and porcupines. The m a jo rity o f opinions seems to be th a t it is e ith e r w oodrats or porcupines. A pecu liar fe a tu re ¡ b th a t b u t few porcupines have ever been seen in th is county. Those who believe w oodrats are do ing the work say th e ir n ests will e ith e r be found in th e tops o f th e tre e s o r in mounds n ear the base o f th e trees. None o f these indications have as y e t been found in th is instance. Those who believe it is th e w ork of porcupines say th a t th e porkys usually will be found in th e tops of trees in which they a re w orking and believe th a t the p ests w ill be found hiding in some o f th e big tre e s which, on ac count o f th e ir g re a t h e ig h t and thick foliage, would afford ideal hiding places. Only one person has reported having seen any porcupine w ork in th is country before, and he rep o rts th a t he had some f r u it tre e s de stroyed. A SSIST IN G H ORSE B REED ERS Animal H usbandry D ep artm en t at C ol lege Listing S ale Animals. O regon A g ric u ltu ra l College, C or vallis— P rof. E. L. P o tte r, of th e an i mal husbandry d e p a rtm e n t o f th e Ore gon A g ricu ltu ra l college, in his cap a city of se c re ta ry o f th e S ta te Stallion R eg istratio n board, has issued to all ow ners o f stallio n s o r jack s in the sta te a le tte r in w hich he offers to keep on file in th e office o f th e board a lis t of all such anim als as are fo r sale, provided th a t they a re properly re g is tered. The purpose o f th e board in estab lish in g th is lis t o f reg istered an im als for sale is to encourage still fu r th e r th e ra isin g o f w ell-bred horses. From tim e to tim e in the p ast th ere have been inquiries as to a place of purchase by men in te re ste d in breed ing good anim als. A lready th e board has a list o f considerable size from which prospective p urchasers may choose. The service to both buyer and Beller is e n tire ly w ith o u t fee. NEW O F F IC E FAVORED. A rgum ent fo r Aid to G overnor to Be P rin ted in P am phlet Salem —G iving as th e proposed o r d er of succession under th e prospec tiv e constitu tio n al am endm ent c re a t ing the office o f lie u te n a n t governor as governor, lie u te n a n t governor, p resi d en t protem o f the se n a te and then sp eak er o f th e house and u rg in g th a t the am endm ent w ill p rev en t th e secre tary o f s ta te from holding tw o offices a t the sam e tim e, th e arg u m en t in favor of c re a tin g th is office w as filed w ith the se cretary of s ta te . T his a rg u m en t w ill be p rin te d in the in itia tiv e and referendum pam ph le t to go before th e people a t th e n ex t general election. S teelh ead Run Im proving. A sto ria— D uring th e p a st few days th e run o f steelheads th a t had dropped down to alm ost n othing has increased m aterially and fairly good catches have been m ade, th e b est hauls being m ade in th e bay alm ost opposite the city. On account of the w a te r being muddy, th e fish do not a p p ear to go up th e riv e r as rapidly as usual, b u t are hanging about in th e bay. A few Chinook salmon also a re b eing taken, and they a re not only o f good size, b u t also of ex cellen t color and flavor. K lamath F isherm an N ot W orried Klarnah Falla— I t is e m b arrassin g to a fisherm an who w ishes to have his catch w ith in th e law to have his third b ite m ake the s trin g exceed th e m ax i mum allowance. Ja m e s Stevens w ent fishing on Link R iver and cau g h t two rainbow tro u t and one steelhead, which when w eighed pulled th e scale to 20) pounds. The law lim its th e catch to 20 pounds. R ut as th e th ird fish did not tell S tevens his w e ig h t before being pulled out, S te v e n s’ friends hold th a t he should not be blam ed for catch in g too larg e a fish. R ost b u rg A ccepts O ffer. R oseburg—A t a m eetin g o f citizens held a t th e Com m ercial club, Secre tary Schlosser waa in stru cted to n otify Arnold Doyle, o f Spokane, W ash., th a t his offer had been accepted and th a t a bonus o f $60,000 w ould be g u a r anteed by the city of R oseburg in the event he b u ilt a railroad from here to the coast. The g u a ra n te e is condi tional, how ever, and Mr. Doyle m ust prove to the p resid en ts o f the Rose b u rg hanks th a t his company is capable of building the road before R oseburg’s offer will be reduced to w ritin g . G ctM ge G rova G range Now L eads. C o ttag e Grove— By the ta k in g in of nearly 40 m em bers recently. C ottage Grove G range o utdistanced E vening S ta r G range a t P ortland, until then la rg e st in th e s ta te , and the local g range now bears th a t proud d istin c tion. T here waa a larg e atten d an ce of G rangers from the surrounding country and an all-day session was Oil C om pany Will S e a rc h . A lbany— H aving leased 2,941 acres held, w ith din n er a t noon. in Southern Linn county, th e C a lifo rn Many H u n ters' L icenses Issued ia Oil company w ill m ake ex ten siv e operatio n s in searching for oil. The Pendleton O ver 260 h u n tin g and land is situ a te d seven m iles e a st of fishing licenses have already been is H arrisb u rg . The company in its sued th is y ear in U m atilla county. leases agrees to pay the ow ners o f the T his is more than tw o and one-half land a royalty of one-eighth o f all oil tim es th e num ber issued d u rin g the n r o th e r m ineral product* discovered. first two m onths o f 1911. The g re a te r The com pany also ag rees to begin num ber o f licenses is a ttrib u te d to the w ork w ith in th re e years, and if it increased a c tiv ity on th e p a rt o f the does not do to m ust pay ren tal. deputy gam e w ardens. R lrgle T a* i t Big L o ser. New E ra — A t one of th e most en th u sia stic m eetings ev er held by the W arn er G range, over 100 member* p resen t unanim ously indicated th e ir opposition to the single-tax idea. S tation at Fry to Have S h ed . Salem The S ta te R ailroad com m is sion has been advised th a t th e S outh ern Pacific has agreed to th e construc tion o f a sh e lte r shed a t F ry, a sta tio n n e a r A lbany. I W hat W as th e Good of R egrets? By t t a th a t he should have selected so un tim e H ow ard reached the m ain en com fortable a place. Then It occurred tran ce he was lutercepted by a mob to him th a t he might be 111. Shaking too num erous to resist. him by the shoulder, be cried:. T hings certainly looked black for “Hey, Underwood, w hat’s the m at him. As he sat. w hite and trem bling, under guard In a corner of the en ter?” No response cam e from the pros trance hall, w aiting for the arriv al of tra te flgure. Howard stooped lower, the police, the valet breathlessly gave to see better, and accidentally touch the sensational p articulars to the rap ing U nderwood's face, found It clam idly grow ing crowd of curious on my and wet. He held bis hand up in lookers. He had taken his UBual Sun the m oonlight and saw th a t It waa day out and on retu rn in g home at covered w ith blood. H orror-stricken, m idnight, as was his custom , he had let him self In with his latchkey. To he cried: "My God! H e’s bleeding—he’s his astonishm ent he had found th is man, the prisoner, about to leave the h u rt!" W hat had happened? An accident prem ises. H is m anner and rem arks —or w orse? Quickly he felt the m an's w ere so peculiar th a t they a t once pulse. It had ceased to b e a t U nder aroused his suspicion. He (lurried Into the ap artm en t and found his m aster wood w as dead. F or a m om ent H oward w as too lying dead on the floor in a pool of much overcom e by his discovery to blood. In his hurry the assassin had know w hat to think or do. W hat dropped his revolver, which was lying dreadful tragedy could have hap n ear the corpse. As far as he could see, nothing had been taken from the pened? Carefully groping along the m antelpiece, be a t last found the elec ap artm en t. Evidently the m an was tric button and turned on the light. disturbed a t his work and, when sud There, stretch ed out on th e floor, lay denly surprised, had made th e bluff Underwood, with a bullet hole in his th a t he w as calling on Mr. U nder left tem ple, from which blood had wood. They had got th e rig h t man, flowed freely down on bis full-dress th a t was certain. He was caught red- shirt. It w as a ghastly sight. The handed, and in proof of w hat he said, the valet pointed to H ow ard’s right m an's w hite, set face, covered w ith a crim son stream , m ade a repulsive hand, w hich was still covered w itb spectacle. On th e floor n ear the body blood. “How te rrib le !” exclaim ed a woman was a highly polished revolver, still bystander, averting her face. “So smoking. H ow ard’s first supposition was th a t young, to o !” “It's all a m istake, I tell you. It’s burglars had entered the place and th a t Underwood had been killed while all a m istake,” cried Howard, alm ost defending his property. He rem em panic-stricken. "I'm a friend of Mr. bered now th a t In his drunken sleep U nderw ood's.” “Nice friend!" sneered an onlooker he had heard voices In angry a lterca "T ell th a t to the police,” laughed tion. Y et why hadn’t he called for assistan ce? Perhaps he had and be another. "O r to the m arines!" cried a third. hadn’t heard him. “It’s the chair for hls’n !” opined a He looked a t the clock, and was surprised to find it w as not yet mid fourth. By this tim e th e main en tran ce hall night. He believed It was a t least five o'clock In the m orning. It was w as crowded w ith people, tenants evident th a t Underwood had never and passersby attra c te d by the un gone to bed. The shooting had oc w onted commotion. A scandal In high curred eith e r while th e angry dispute life Is alw ays caviare to the sensa was going on or a fte r the unknown tion seeker. Everybody excitedly in visitor had departed. The b arrel of quired of his neighbor: "W hat is It? W hat’s th e m a tte r? ” the revolver was still warm, showing P resently the ra ttle of w heels was th a t It could only have been dis charged a few m om ents before. Sud heard and a heavy vehicle driven furi denly it flashed upon him th a t U nder ously, drew up a t the sidew alk with wood m ight have com m itted suicide. a jerk. It was the police patrol But It was useless to stan d there wagon, and In it w ere th e captain of theorizing. Som ething m ust be done. th e p recinct and a half dozen police He m ust alarm the hotel people or men and detectives. The crowd call the police. He felt him self tu rn pushed forw ard to get a b e tte r view hot and cold by turn as he realized of the burly rep resen tativ es of the the serious predicam ent In which he law as, full of authority, they elbowed him self was placed. If he aroused th eir way uncerem oniously through th e hotel people they would find him th e throng. Pointing to the leader, a here alone with a dead man. Suspi big m an In plain clothes, w ith a cion would at once be directed a t him, square, determ ined jaw and a bulldog and It m ight be very difficult for him face, they w hispered one to an o th er: “T h a t’s Capt. Clinton, chief of tbe to establish his innocence. Who would believe th a t he could have fallen precinct. H e's a terror. It’ll go hard asleep in a bed while a man killed w ith any prisoner he g ets in bis him self in the sam e room ? It sounded clu tch es!” preposterous. The w isest course for Followed by his uniform ed m yr him would be to get aw ay before any midons, the police official pushed his body came. way to the co rn er w here s a t Howard, Quickly he picked up his h a t and dazed and trem bling, and still guard made for the door. J u s t as he was ed by the valet and elevator boys. about to lay hand on the handle there “W hat’s th e m atter h ere?” dem and was the click of a latchkey. Thus ed the captain gruffly, and looking headed off, and not knowing w hat to from F erris to the w hite-faced How do, he halted in painful suspense. ard. The v alet eagerly told his story: The door opened and a man entered. “I cam e home a t m idnight, sir, and He looked as surprised to see How found my m aster, Mr. R obert U nder ard as the la tte r was to see him. He wood, lying dead In the apartm ent, was clean-shaven and neatly dressed, shot through the head." P ointing to yet did not look the gentlem an. His H oward, he added: "T his m an was appearance was ra th e r th a t of a serv in the ap artm en t trying to g et away. ant. All these details flashed before You see his hand Is still covered with H ow ard’s mind before he blurted out: blood." “Who the devil are you?" Capt. C linton chuckled, and expand The m an looked astonished a t the ing his m ighty ch est to its fullest, question and eyed his Interlocutor licked his chops w ith satisfaction. closely, as if In doubt as to his identi T his w as the opportunity he had been ty. In a cockney accent he said looking for—a sensational m urder in loftily: a big ap artm en t hotel, rig h t in the “I am F erris, Mr. U nderwood's man, very h e a rt of his precinct! N othing sir.” Suspiciously, he added: "Are could be m ore to his liking. It w as a you a friend of Mr. Underwood's, sir? ” rich m an's m urder, the b est kind He m ight well ask the question, for to a ttra c t atten tio n to him self. The H ow ard's disheveled appearance and sensational new spapers would be full ghastly face, still distorted by terror, of th e case. They would p rin t col was anything but reassuring. Taken um ns of stuff every day, to g eth er with by surprise, H oward did not know his p ortrait. T h at w as Just the kind w hat to say, and like m ost people of publicity he needed now th a t he questioned a t a disadvantage, he a n was wire-pulling for an inspectorship. sw ered foolishly: They had caught the man "w ith the "M atter? No. W hat m akes you | goods’ —th a t w as very clear. He think anything is the m atter?" prom ised him self to atten d to the B rushing past the man, he added: rest. Conviction w as w hat he was " It’s late. I'm going.” after. H e'd see th a t no trick y law yer "Stop a m in u te!” cried the man got th e best of him. Concealing, as servant. T here w as som ething In well as he could, his satisfaction, he H ow ard's m anner th at he did not like. drew him self up and, with blustering Passing quickly Into the sittin g room, show of authority, im m ediately took he called out: "Stop a m inute!" But com m and of the situation. T urning Howard did not stop. T erro r gave to a police serg ean t a t his side, he him wings and, w ithout w aiting for said: the elevator, he w as already half way "M aloney, th is fellow may have had down th e first stairca se when ne an accom plice. T ake four officers and heard shouts behind him. w atch every exit from the hotel. Ar "M urder! Stop thief! Stop that re s t anybody attem pting to leave the man! Stop th a t m an!" building. P u t two officers to w atch T here w as a rush of feet and hum the Are escapes. Send one m an on of voices, which m ade Howard run the roof. G o!" all the faster. He leaped down four “Yes, sir," replied the serg ean t, as steps a t a tim e In his anxiety to get he turned aw ay to execute the order. away. B ut it w as no easy m atter de Capt. C linton gave two strid e s for scending so many flights of stairs. It w ard, and catching Howard by the col took him several m inutes to reach the lar. jerked blm to his feet. “Now, young feller, you come with m ain floor. By th is tim e th e whole hotel was me! W e ll go u p stairs and have a aroused. Telephone calls had quick look a t th e dead m an.” (T O B E C O N T IN U E D .) ly w arned the atten d an ts, who had J 0 e) TMIDD DD j KLC A KJfiiMHCWE dWT MmJMMfmOTOW HOPE I Y ^CHARLES KLEIN ARTHUR°HORNBLOW ILLUSTRATIONS BY RAY W ALTER^ IDPYIWGWT, 1909, t Y G.W. DILLINGHAM COMPANY SYNOPSIS. H o w a r d Jeffries, b a n k e r 's son, u n d e r t h e evil Influe nce o f H u b e rt U n d e rw o o d , a f e l l o w - s t u d e n t a t Y ale , l e a d s a life of dissipation, m a rrie s th e d a u g h t e r of a g a m b l e r w h o d i e d In p r i s o n , a n d is d i s o w n e d by his fa th e r. H e trie s to g et w o rk a n d falls. A f o r m e r c o lle g e c h u m m a k e s a b u s i n e s s p r o p o s iti o n to H o w a r d w h ic h r e q u i r e s $ 11,000 r a s h , a n d H o w a r d Is b r o k e . R o b ert U nderw ood, w ho bud been re p u l s e d b y H o w a r d ' s w i f e , A n n i e , In b i s college d a y s , a n d b a d once b ee n e n g a g e d to A licia. H o w a rd 's stepm other, has a p a r t m e n t s a t t h e A s t r u r l a . a n d is a p p aren tly In prosperous circum stances. H o w a r d r e c a l l s a |2o0 l o a n t o U n d e r w o o d , t h a t r e m a i n s u n p u t d . a n d d e c i d e s tit a s k h i m f o r t h e $2,000 h e n e e d s . U n d e r w o o d , ta k in g a d v a n ta g e o f bis in tim a c y w ith M rs. J e ffrie s , Sr., b e c o m e s a s o r t o f s o cia l h i g h w a y m a n . D i s c o v e r i n g Ill s t r u e c h a r a c t e r site d e n i e s hlin t h e h o u s e . Alli -la re c e iv es u note front U n d e rw o o d , t h r e a t e n i n g su ic id e . S h e d e c id e s to g o a n d se e h i m . H e Is In d e s p e r a t e f i n a n c i a l s t r a i t s A r t d e a l e r s f o r w lti ttn h e b u s b e e n a c t i n g as c o m m i s s i o n e r , d e m a n d a n a c c o u n t i n g . H e c a n n o t m a k e good. H o w a r d Jeffries c a l l s In n n I n t o x i c a t e d c o n d i t i o n . H e a s k s U n d e r w o o d f o r $2.000 a n d I s t o l d b y t h e l a t t e r t h a t h e i s In d e b t u p t o h i s e y e s . H o w a r d d rin k s h im s e lf Into a m a u d lin condition, a n d goes to sleep on a divan. A c a l l e r Is a n n o u n c e d a n d U n d e r w o o d draw s a screen around th e drunken sleeper. A licia e n te rs . She dem ands a p r o m i s e f r o m l i l m t h a t h e w il l n o t t a k e h i s li fe, p o i n t i n g t o t h e d i s g r a c e t h a t w ould a t t a c h to h erself. U nderw ood re f u s e s to p r o m i s e u n l e s s s h e w ill r e n e w her p a t r o n a g e . CHAPTER VII.—Continued. "I don't believe you Intend to carry out your th re a t. 1 Hhould have known from the first th a t your object was to frighten me. The pistol display was highly th eatrical, but It was only a bluff. You've no m ore Idea of taking your life than 1 have of taking mine. I was foolish to come here. I might have spared m yself the hum iliation of this clandestine interview . Good n ig h t!" She w ent tow ard th e door. U nder wood m ade no atte m p t to follow her. In a hard, stran g e voice, w hich he scarcely recognized as his own, he merely said: •'Is th a t all you have to say?” "Y es," replied Alicia, as she turned at the door. "L et It be thoroughly un derstood th a t your presence a t my house is not desired. If you force yourself upon me In any way, you m ust tak e the consequences." Underwood bowed, and was silent. She did not see th e deathly pallor of his face. Opening the door of the ap artm en t which led to the hall, she again turned. "T ell me. before I go—you didn't mean w hat you said In your le tte r, did you ?” 'I'll tell you nothing,” replied Un derwood doggedly. She tossed her head scornfully. "I don't believe th n t a man who Is coward enough to w rite a le tte r like th is has the courage to carry out his th reat." Stuffing th e le tte r back Into h er bag. she added: “ I should have throw n It tn the w aste-paper basket, but on second thoughts, I th in k I'll keep It. Good night." G oodnight." echoed Underwood m echanically. He w atched h er go down th e long hallway and disap p ear In the elevator. Then, sh u ttin g th e door, he came slowly back Into th e room and sat down at his desk. For ten m inutes he sa t th ere m otionless, his head bent forward, every limb relaxed. T here was deep silence, broken only by How a rd 's reg u lar b reathing and the loud ticking of th e clock. "It's all up." be m u ttered to hlmsetf. " I t’s no use b attling against the tide. The stro n g est sw im m er m ust go under some time. I’ve played my la st card and I've lost. D eath Is b e tte r than going to Jail. W hat good Is life an y way w ithout m oney? Ju s t a m om ent's nerve and It will all be over." Opening the d raw er tn the desk, he took out the revolver again. He turned It over In his hand and regarded fear fully th e polished surface of the In stru m en t th a t bridged life and death. He hml com pletely forgotten H ow ard's presence In the room. On the th resh old of a terrib le deed, his thoughts w ere leagues aw ay. Like a man who is drow ning, and close to death, ho saw w ith surprising d istin ctn ess a kaleidoscopic view of his p ast life. He saw him self an Innocent, Impulsive school boy, the pride of a devoted m other, th e happy hom e w here he spent his childhood. Then cam e the association with bad companions, the first step In wrongdoing, stealing out of a com rade’s pocket in school, the death of his m other, leaving hom e— with dow nw ard progress until he g rad ually drifted Into his p resen t dishon est way of living. W hat w as the good of reg rets? He could not recall his m other to life. He could never rehab ilitate him self am ong decent men and women. The world had suddenly be come too sm all for him. He m ust go, and quickly. Fingering the pistol nervously, he sat before the m irror and placed It ag ain st his tem ple. T he cold steel gave him a sudden shock. He won dered if It would hurt, and If th ere would be in stan t oblivion. The glare of the electric light in the room dis concerted him. It occurred to him th a t it would be easier In the dark. Reaching out his arm , he turned the electric button, and the room was Im m ediately plunged Into darkness, ex cept for th e m oonlight which entered through the windows, Im parting a ghostly aspect to th e scene. On the o th er side of the room, behind the screen, a red glow from the open fire fell on th e sleeping form of Howard Jeffries. Slowly, deliberately, Underwood raised the pistol to his tem ple and fired. CHAPTER VIII. “Hello! W hat’s th a t? ” S tartled out of his G argantuan slum ber by the revolver's loud report, Howard sa t up w ith a jum p and rubbed his eyes. On the o th er side of the screen, concealed from his ob servation, there w as a heavy crash of a body falling with a chair—then all w as quiet. Scared, not knowing w here he was. Howard jum ped to his f e e t F or a m om ent he stood still, try in g to col lect his senses. It w as too dark to discern anything plainly, but he could dimly m ake out outlines of aesth etic fu rn itu re and bibelots. Ah. he re m em bered now! H e w as in U nder wood's apartm ent. Rubbing his eyes, he tried to recall how he cam e there, and slowly his be fuddled brain began to work. H e re m em bered th a t he needed $2.000. and th a t he had called on R obert U nder wood to try and borrow the money. Yes, he recalled th a t perfectly well. Then he and Underwood got drinking and talking, and he had fallen asleep, lie thought he had heard a woman s voice—a voice he knew. P erhaps th a t was only a dream . He m ust have been asleep some tim e, because the lights w ere out and. seem ingly, every body had gone to bed. He w ondered w hat th e noise which sta rte d him could have been. Suddenly he heard a groan. He listened Intently, but all was still. The silence w as uncanny. H ospitals. Now thoroughly frightened, How The only hospitals in antiquity were ard cautiously groped his way about, for slaves and soldiers. The rise of try in g to find the electric button. He hospitals is w rapped In m ystery, but had no idea w hat tim e It was. It beyond a doubt they a re the product of m ust be very late. W hat an ass he C hristian teaching. It Is p retty cer was to drink so m uch! He w ondered j tain th a t hospitals arose out of the w hat Annie would say when he didn't ' early hom es for trav elers and the return. He was a hound to let her | poor. The institution is clearly of sit up and worry like that. Well, this eastern origin. About 270 A. D. would be a lesson to him —it was the I Hast 11 us founded the fam ous hospital last tim e he'd ever touch a drop. Of j Caesarea. S t A ugustine speaks of course, he had prom ised her the sam e hospitals as being quite new In IDs thing a hundred tim es before, but this d a ). In 498-514 Pope Sym m achus tim e he m eant It. His drinking was built th ree tn Rome. tn the sixth alw ays getting him into some fool century th ere was a very large one In Lyons. In f a c t about th is tim e they scrape or other. He w as gradually w orking his way appear all over the pale of C hristen along th e room, when suddenly he dom.—C hicago E xam iner. stum bled oTer som ething on the floor It was a man lying p ro strate. Stoop An Odious Falsifleation. ing. he recognised th e flgure. "A girl gets mad If a young m aa "W hy—it's U nderw ood!" he ex tries to kiss her," says the Chicago N ewt. It la an lofamoua l i e —Loo claimed. At first he believed bis classm ate Angeles T im e CURRENT EVENTS OF THE WEEK Doings of the World at Large Told in Briet G eneral R esum e o f Im portant Event* P reserv ed in C ondensed F o rm fo r O u r Busy R eaders. T he house has gone on record as fav o rin g th e eight-hour day in govern m ent arsenals. Several thousand m iners have al ready q u it w ork in th e th reaten ed coal s trik e in England. Oregon has been given the first choice of site s for a s ta te building a t th e Panam a-Pacific exposition a t San Francisco. A braham R uef, convicted political boss of San Francisco, refuses to te s tify a g ain st ex M ayor Schm itz in a b ribery case. S enator G ardner, of Maine, would have the governm ent buy in the ex press com panies and run them in con junction w ith tho postal dep artm en t. T exas m ilitiam en guarding the El Paso electric lig h t p lant w ere fired on a t n ig h t by p a rtie s concealed behind box cars, and believed to be M exicans. A C onnecticut in v e stig a tin g board finds th a t o f 722 s a m p l e s o f food, d rin k s and drugs B old in th a t sta te , 232 w ere ad u lterated . I t is said th a t on the stre n g th of an offer m ade by Roosevelt a y ear ago, when th e Madero revolution in Mexico was a t its height, he m ig h t y e t be sen t to the front. So m any robberies a re occurring in N ew Y ork th a t society women are h aving th e ir jew els placed in safety v au lts and a re w earing bogus dupli cates o f them . F ire destroyed the upper th ree floors o f th e old G ilm an hotel, a t the south e a s t corner of F ir s t and A lder stre e ts, P ortland. One man w as killed by ju m p in g and an o th er died from ex cite m ent and frig h t. A woman a t Los A ngeles, seeing a b u rg la r helping him self to jew elry and valuables from her bureau, g ra b bed a pillow and attack ed him so en er g etically th a t he w as com pletely ro u t ed and forced to jum p from a second- story window. P resid en t T a f t would have an a rb i tra tio n tre a ty w ith G erm any. Am id m any p a tro itic dem onstrations Ita ly is p rep arin g to annex T ripoli. San Francisco is considering the in tro d u c tio n of m oving pictures in the public schools. P resid en t T a ft does not approve the proposed governm ent ow nership of teleg rap h lines. Spokane has begun an “ open-shop” cam paign by reducing th e w ages of p a in te rs from $5 to $4. P lan s have been com pleted fo r the introduction in p arliam en t o f th e new home rule bill fo r Ireland. The [N ational Cash R eg ister com pany, o f D ayton, Ohio, has been in d ict ed fo r violation of th e a n ti-tru s t law s. One ship w as sunk and m any m ore driven ashore by a fierce gale th a t sw ep t New Y ork and the N orth A tlan tic coast. By an explosion and fire in an O kla homa coal m ine, e ig h t men w ere killed and m any others im prisoned in the m ine, all o f whom may perish. PO RTLBN D M ARKETS. W h eat—T rack p ric e s: R luestem , 89 @ 90c; club, 86(387c; red R ussian, 86c; valley, 86(387c; forty-fold, 86(g) 87c. M illstuffs— B ran, $20(322 per to n ; shorts, $22@21; m iddlings, $30. Corn— N ew, whole, $34; cracked, $35 per ton. H ay— No. 1 E astern O regon tim othy, $16(0)16; No. 1 valley, $13(0)14; a lfa lfa , $13; clover, $9; g rain hay, $ 10 @ 11 . O ats—No. 1 w hite, $32.50(0)33 ton. C ranberries, $10(0)11.50 per barrel. P otatoes — B uying p ric e s: B ur banks, $1.16(01.60 per hundred. V egetables — A rtichokes, $1.25 per dozen; cabbage, l j c per pound; g a r lic, 8(310c; hothouse lettuce, 60(376c per box; pum pkins, l}(ri2c per pound; rhubarb, $30(3.50 per box; spinach, $1(0)1.25 per box; sprouts, 8c; squash. IK "2 c per pound; tu rn ip s, $ 1 ( 3 1.10 per sack ; ru tab ag as, $1(01.10; c a r rots, $l(g)1.10; parsnips, $1(0)1.10; beets, $1.25. O n io n s— A ssociation price, $2.50 per sack. A p p le s— Yellow N ew tow ns, $2(0» 2.60 per box; S pitzenbergs. $1.7607 3; B aldw in, $1.50oi2; Ben D avis, $loi 1.75; Red Cheek P ippins, $2(32.60; Gano, $ 10 ( 1 . 76 . B u tte r — O regon cream ery, solid pack, 36c; p rin ts, ex tra. E ggs— Fresh O regon ranch, candled, 20fg)21c per dozen. P o rk — Fancy, 8J(39c Per pound. V eal— Fancy, 13(314c per pound. P o u ltry —H ens, 17c; springs, I60(' 16c; ducks, 170i)17ic; geese, 80(10c; L eavss It to Her Judgm ent. tu rk ey s, live. 16c; dressed. 200(2lc. "Am I the first gtri you ever Hops— 1911 crop. 38c; olds, nom in kissed r ask s the fair young thing a l; 1912 contracts, 250; 26c. from the refuge of hts shoulder. Wool— E astern Oregon, 14(316c per “W ell,” he replies, "after the way pound; valley, 1 6 o jl7 c; m ohair, my arm Just naturally slipped around choice, 300i.35c. j your w aist as you unconsciously leaned C attle— Choice steers, $6(36.65; tow ard me, and my fingers tilted your good, $5.75oi6; choice cows, $5oi) | cbtn as you unconsciously lifted your 6.60; good, $4.750(5; choice spayed I head, and 1 bent forw ard w here your h eifers, $5.35o>5.60; good to choice lips w ere w aiting, and d id n 't get the h eifers, $50(5.25; choice bulls, $4.25 kies eith er on your nose or your c h tn ,. (3)4.60; good, $4(u4.25; choice calves, but w bere It belonged—afte r th at, and » 8 ^ 8 .6 0 ; good. $6.75(37. with the knowledge of the subject | H ogs—Choice lig h t hogs, $6.60(3 which you have displayed, 1 shall say 6.76; smooth heavy hogs. $5.76(36; nothing, except th a t I leave the ques rough heavy, $5.60(36.75. tion to your own Ju d g m en t"—Life. I Sheep — Choice yearlings, $4.6002 4.75; choice tw os and th rre s, $3.90(3 4.26; choice k illin g ew es, $4.10(3 Slightly M isquoted. 4.60; culls, $2.50(33.25; choice grain- 8h e— "Did I understand you to say fed lam bs, $5.60(a6.60; choice sp rin g th a t your friend. Mr. Need*, was lamb*, $4.750(5; good to choice th irstin g for glory?” He— "W ell, not lam bs, $4.600(4.76; f a ir to good exactly. I said he had a glorious lam bs, $4.25(>i 4.60; cull lam bs, $3.75 t h i r s t ”—Tlt-BUs. «4.