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ILLU5TRATION5 BY RAY WALTEfi$
COrrWICHT, 1909, 8 Y C .W . DILLINOHAM COflMWY
SY N O P S IS .
H o w a r d Joffrlo s, b a n k e r ’« «on, u n d e r
t h e evil in fl u e n c e o f R o b e r t U n d e r w o o d ,
f e l l o w - s t u d e n t a t Yule, l e a d s a life o f d i s
s ip a t io n , m a r r i e s t h e d a u K h t e r o f a « a m
b l e r w h o di e d in p ris o n , a n d is d is o w n e d
by his f a t h e r . H e Is o u t o f w o r k a n d In
de sp e ra te straits. U nderw ood, who h a d
o n r e b e en e n g a g e d to H o w a r d ’s s t e p
m o t h e r . A lic ia , I * a p p a r e n t l y In p r o s p e r
ous c ircum stances. T a k in g a d v a n ta g e of
h is I n t i m a c y w i t h A ll cta , h e b e c o m e s a
s o r t o f s ocia l h i g h w a y m a n . D i s c o v e r i n g
h is t r u e c h a r a c t e r , A li c ia d e n ie s h i m t h e
house. H e s e n d s h e r a n o te t h r e a t e n i n g
pu tc lda. A r t d e a l e r s f<»r w h o m h e a c t e d
a s commissioner, d e m a n d a n accounting.
H e c a n n o t m a k e good. H o w a r d c a l l s a t
h i s a p a r t m e n t s In a n I n t o x i c a t e d c o n d i
t io n to r e q u e s t a lo a n o f $2,000 to e n a b l e
h i m to t a k e u p a b u s i n e s s p ro p o s itio n .
H o w a r d d r i n k s h i m s e l f Into a m a u d l i n
c o n d it io n , a n d g o e s to s le e p on a d iv a n .
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
d ra w s a screen aro u n d the d ru n k en
deeper.
A ll e le e n t e r s .
Him d e m a n d s s
p r o m i s e f r o m U n d e r w o o d t h a t h e will n o t
t a k e h is life. H e r e f u s e s u n l e s s s h e will
r e n e w h e r p a t r o n a g e . T h i s s h e re f u s e s ,
a n d t a k e s h e r leave. U n d e r w o o d kill s
h im s e lf. T h e r e p o r t o f t h e pis to l a w a
k e n s H o w a r d , if** fin d s U n d e r w o o d d e a d .
H o w a r d < h t u r n e d o v e r t o t h e police.
C n p t C lin to n , n o t o r i o u s f o r h ts b r u t a l
tr e a tm e n t of prisoners, pu ts H o w ard
t h r o u g h t h e t h i r d d e g r e e , a n d fln nlly g e ts
a n a l l e g e d c o n f e s s io n fr o m t h e h a r a s s e d
man. Annie, Howard's wife, declares her
b e li e f In h e r h u s b a n d ' s I n n o c e n c e , a n d
c a l l s o n J e f frie s , Hr. H e r e f u s e s to h e lp
u n le s s s h e will c o n s e n t to a d iv o rc e . T o
sav e H o w a rd she consents, but w hen she
fin ds t h a t t h e e l d e r J e f f r i e s d o e s n o t In
t e n d to s t a n d by h ls son, e x c e p t f i n a n
c ia lly , s h e s c o r n s Ills help. A n n ie a p p e a l s
to J u d g e B r e w s t e r , a t t o r n e y f o r J e f frie s ,
Hr., to t a k e H o w a r d ' s c as e. l i e decl in es .
I t Is r e p o r t e d t h a t A n n ie Is g o i n g o n t h e
s t a g e . T h e h a n k e r a n d hls w ife cal l on
J u d g e B r e w s t e r to And s o m e w a y to p r e
v e n t It. A n n i e a g n l n p l e a d s w i t h B r e w -
• t e r to d e f u n d H o w a r d .
C H A P T E R X V .— Continutd.
"You’re not afraid to help him,"
«he said.
“I know th a t—you Just
■aid so.”
Judgo n re w stc r raised hls fist and
brought It down on th e desk w ith a
hang which rnlscd In a cloud tho ac
cum ulated dust of weeks. Ills face
set and determ ined, he said:
■'You're qiflte right! I'm going to
take your c a se !”
Annie felt h erself giving way. It
w as more Ilian she could stand. For
victory to bo hers when only a mo
m ent before defeat seem ed certain
was too much fur her nerves. All Bhe
could gasp was:
"Oh. Judge!"
The law yer ad justed hls eyeglasses,
blew hls nose with suspicious energy,
and took up a pen.
"Now don't pretend to be surprised
—you knew 1 would. And please don't
thank me. I hate to bo thanked for
doing w hat I w ant to do. If 1 didn't
w ant to do It, I w ouldn't—"
Through her te a rs she m urm ured:
"I’d like to say 'th a n k you.’ "
"W ell, please don 't,” he snapped.
But she persisted. Tenderly, she
said:
"May I say you're th e dearest, kind
• s t —”
Judge B rew ster shook hls head.
"No—no—nothing of th e kind."
"M ost
gracious — noble-hearted —
courageous." she w ent on.
The Judge stru ck th e table ano th er
form idable blow.
"M rs. Jeffries!" he exclaimed.
She tu rn ed away h e r head to hide
h er feelings.
"Oh, how I'd like to have a good
cry,” she m urm ured. "If Howard
only knew !”
Judge B rew ster touched an electric
button, and hls head clerk entered.
“Mr. Jones,” said the law yer quick
ly, "get a stenographic re p o rt of the
ra s e of th e People against Howard
Jeffries, J r.; get th e coroner’s Inquest,
th e grand Jury Indictm ent, and get a
copy of the Jeffries confession—get
everything—rig h t aw ay !"
The clerk looked inquiringly, first
a t Annie and then a t hls employer.
T hen respectfully he asked:
"Do wo, s l r r
"Wo do," said th e law yer laconic
ally.
C H A P T E R X V I.
"Now , m y dear young woman." said
Judge Brew ster, when the astonished
head clerk had w ithdraw n, "If we are
going to g et your husband free we
m ust get to work, ami you m ust help
m e.”
Ills visitor looked up eagerly.
" I’ll do anything In my power," she
said quickly. ‘‘W hat can I do?”
"W ell—first of all,” said th e law yer
with some hesitatio n , "I w ant you
to see a certain lady and to be ex
ceedingly nice to her."
"L ady?” echoed Annie, surprised.
"W hat lady?"
"M rs. H oward Jeffries, Sr.,” he re
plied slowly.
"H ow ard's step m o th er I” she ejacu
lated.
A clerk enterod and handed hls em
ployer a card. The law yer nodded
and said In an undertone:
"Show h er In.” T urning round
again, he w ent ou: "Y es—H ow ard's
stepm other. She's out th ere now. She
w ants to see you. She w ishes to be
of service to you. Now, you m ust
conciliate her. She may be of g reat
use to us.”
Annie s face expressed considerable
doubt.
"P erh ap s so,” she said, "but the
door was slnmm ed In my face when 1
culled to see her.”
"T h a t's nothing," answ ered the
Judge. “She probably knows nothing
about It. In any case, please rem em
b er th a t she is my clien t—”
She bowed her head and m urm ured
obediently:
“I'll rem em ber.”
Tho door of th e office opened and
Alicia entered. She stopped sh o rt on
seeing who was th ere, and an aw k
w ard pause followed. Judge B rew ster
Introduced them.
"Mrs. Jeffries, may I p resen t Mrs.
Howard, Jr.? ”
Alicia bowed stifll and som ew hat
haughtily. Annie rem ained self-pos
sessed and on the defensive. A ddress
ing the ban k er's wife, the law yer said:
”1 told Mrs. Howard th a t you
wished to speak to h er.” A fter a pause
he added: "1 think, perhaps. I'll leave
you together. Excuse me."
He left th e office and th ere w as a n
o th er em barrassing silence. Annie
w aited for Mrs. Jeffries to begin. H er
attitu d e suggested th a t she expected
som ething u n pleasant and w as fully
prepared for It. At last Alicia broke
the silence:
"You may th in k It stran g e th a t 1
have asked for th is Interview ,” she
began, "but you know, A nnie—’’ In
terru p tin g herself, she ask ed : “ You
do n 't mind my calling you Annie, do
you?”
The young woman smiled.
"I don't see why 1 should. It's my
nam e and w e're relativ es—by m ar
rlage.” T h ere was an Ironical ring
In h er voice as she w ent on: "R ela
tives! It seem s funny, d o esn 't It. but
we don't pick and choose o u r reta
tlves. We m ust tak e them as they
come.”
Alicia made an effort to ap p ear con
d ila to ry .
“As we a re —w hat we a re —let's try
to m ake th e best of It."
"M ake th e best of It?" echoed An
nle. "God knows I'm willing, but I've
had m ighty little encouragem ent,
Mrs. Jeffries. W hen I called to see
you the o th er day, to beg you to use
your Influence with Mr. Jeffries, 'not
a t home' was handed to me by the
liveried footm an and the door was
slam m ed In my face. Ten m inutes
la te r you walked out to your carriage
and w ere driven away."
' i knew nothing of th is—believe
me,” m urm ured Alicia apologetically
"It's w hat I got Just the sam e,” said
the o th er dryly. Quickly she went on:
"But I'm not com plaining, understand
—I'm not cotnplainiug. Only 1 did
think th a t at such a tim e one woman
m ight have held out a helping hand
to another."
Alicia held up her hand protest-
lr.*ly.
"How could I?" she exclaim ed.
“Now, be reasonable. You a re held
responsible for H ow ard’s p resen t po
sition."
“Yes—by the police," re to rte d An
nie grimly, "and by a couple of yellow
Journals. I didn’t th in k you'd believe
all the gossip and scandal th a t’s been
printed about me. I didn’t believe
w hat w as said about you."
Alicia sta rte d and changed color.
"W hat do you m ean?" sin exclaim ed
haughtily. "W hat was said about
me ?"
"W ell, It has been said th a t you
m arried old Jeffries for hls money
and hls social position.”
" ‘Old Je ffrie s!’ " p rotested Alicia
Indignantly. "H ave you no resp ect
for your husband's fath er?"
"N ot a particle," answ ered th e o th
er coolly, "and I never will have till
he acts like a fath er. I only had one
Interview with him and It finished
him with me for all tim e. He a in 't a
fath er—h e’s a fish.”
"A fish !” exclaim ed Alicia, scandal
ized at such lese m ajeste.
Annie w ent on recklessly:
"Yes—a cold-blooded—”
"B ut surely,” Interru p ted Alicia,
"you resp ect his position—hls—’’
"No, m 'm ; 1 respect a man because
he behaves like a man, not because
he lives In a m arble palace on R iver
side drive.”
Alicia looked pained. T his girl
was certainly Impossible.
“But surely,” she said, "you re a l
ized th a t when you m arried H ow ard
you—you made a m istake— to say th e
least?”
“Yes, th a t p art of It '
been made
pretty plain. It w as . ..¡stake— hls
m istake—my m istake. Hut now I t’B
done and It can 't be undone. I don’t
see why you ca n 't take It as It Is and
—and—”
She stopped sh o rt and Alicia com
pleted the sentence for her:
“—and welcome you Into our fam
ily—"
"W elcome m e? No, m a'am . I’m
not welcome and nothing you o r your
set could say would ever m ake me be
lieve th a t I was welcome. All I ask
Is th a t H ow ard’s fa th e r do hls duty by
hls son.”
"1 do not thin k —pardon my saying
so,” Interru p ted Alicia stiffly, " th a t
you are quite In a position to Judge
of w hat c o n stitu tes Mr. JefTrles’ duty
to hls son.”
"P erh ap s not. I only know w hat
I would do—w hat my fa th er would
have done—w hat any one would do If
they had a spark of hum anity In them .
But they do say th a t a fte r th ree gen
eratio n s of society life red blood tu rn s
Into blue."
Alicia turned to look out of th e w in
dow. H er face still averted she said:
"W hat Is th ere to do? H ow ard has
acknow ledged hls guilt. W h at sac-
flees we may m ake will be throw n
aw ay.”
Annie eyed her com panion w ith con
tem pt. H er voice quivering w ith In
dignation, she b u rst out:
“W hat Is th ere to dol T ry and save
him, of course. M ust we s it and do
nothing because things look black?
Ah! I w asn ’t brought up th a t way.
No, m a’am, I'm going to m ake a
fight!"
“It's useless," m urm ured Alicia,
shaking h e r head.
“Judge B rew ster doesn 't think so,”
replied th e o th er calmly.
Tho b an k er's wife gave a s ta r t of
surprise. Quickly she dem anded:
“You mean th a t Judge B rew ster has
encouraged you to—to—”
"H e's done m ore th an encourage me
—God bless h im !—he's going to tak e
up the case."
Alicia w as so th u n d erstru ck th a t for
a m om ent she could find no answ er.
"W h at!" she exclaim ed, "w ithout
consulting Mr. Jeffries?”
Bhe p u t h er handkerchief to her
face to conceal h er agitation. Could
It be possible th a t the Judge w as go
ing to act, a fte r all, In defiance of her
husband's w ishes? If th a t w ere true,
w hat would become of her? C onceal
m ent would be no longer possible.
Discovery of h er clandestine v isit to
U nderwood’s a p artm en t th a t fatal
night m ust come H ow ard m ight still
bo the m urderer, U nderwood m ight
not have com m itted suicide, b u t her
v isit to hls room s a t m idnight would
become known. Judge B rew ster was
n o t th e m an to be d eterred by diffi
culties once he took up a case. He
would see the Im portance of finding
tho m ysterious woman who w ent se
cretly to U nderw ood's room s th a t
night of th e tragedy.
"H e consulted only hls own feel
ings,” w ent on Annie. "H e believes In
Howard, and he's going to defend
him .”
Alicia looked a t h e r anxiously as If
trying to read w hat m ight be In her
mind. Indifferently she w ent on:
"T he papers say th ere w as a q u ar
rel about you, th a t you and Mr. Un
derwood w ere too friendly. T hey Im
plied th a t H ow ard w as Jealous. Is
th is tru e ? ”
"It's all talk ,” cried Annie Indig
n an tly —"nothing b u t scandal—lies!
T h ere's n o t a word of tru th In I t
Howard never had a lealous thought
of m e—and as for me— why—I've al
ways w orshiped the ground he walked
on. D idn't he sacrifice everything for
my sake? D idn't he quarrel w ith hls
fath e r for m e? D idn't he m arry me?
Didn’t he try to educate and m ake a
lady of m e? My G od!—do you sup
pose I'd give a man like th a t cause
for Jealousy? W hat do the new spa
pers care? T hey p rin t cruel state
m ents th a t c u t into a woman’s heart,
w ithout giving It a thought, w ithout
know ing or caring w hether It’s true
or not, as long as It Interests and
am uses th e ir readers. You—you don’t
really believe I'm the cause of hit
m isfortunes, do you?"
Alicia shook her head as she an
sw ered kindly:
“No, I don’t. Believe me, I don’t
You w ere rig h t when you said th a t at
such a tim e as this one woman should
stand by another. I’m going to stand
by you. L et me be your friend, lei
me help you.” E xtending her hand
she said: “Will you?”
A nnie grasped th e proffered hand
It w as th e first th a t had been held
out to h er In h er p resen t trouble. A
lump rose in her th ro at. Much af
fected. she said:
“I t’s the first kind word th a t—” Bh«
stopped and looked closely for a mo
m ent a t Alicia. T hen she w ent on:
“It’s th e queerest thing, Mrs. Jeff
ries, but It keeps coming Into mj
mind. H ow ard told me th a t while h«
w as a t U nderw ood’s th a t dreadful
night he thought he heard your voice
It m ust have been a dream , of course
yet he thought he w as sure of it
Your voice— th a t’s queer, Isn’t itl
W hy—w h at's the m a tte r? ”
A licia had grown deathly pale an<
staggered against a chair. Annie rai
to h er aid. thin k in g she w as 111.
“I t’s
nothing — n o th in g !”
stam
m ered Alicia, recovering herself.
F earin g she had said som ething t<
h u rt h e r feelings, Annie said sympa
th e tlc a lly :
"I haven’t said an y th in g —anythin!
out of the w ay—have I? If I have I’n
sorry—aw fully sorry. I’m afraid—I—
I’ve been very rude and you’ve beet
so k in d !”
“No, n o !” In terru p ted Alicia quick
ly. "Y ou’ve said nothing—done noth
lng—you’ve had a g re a t deal to beai
—a g re a t d<hl to bear. I understand
th a t perfectly.” T aking h er compan
ion’s hand In hers, she w ent on:
“Tell me, w hat do they say abotit the
woman who w ent to see R obert Un
derwood the night of the tragedy?"
“The police can’t find her—we don’t
know who she is." Confidently she
w ent on: "B ut Judge B rew ster will
find her. We have a dozen detectives
searching for her. Capt. C linton ac
cused me of being the woman—you
know he doesn’t like m e.”
T he b an k er’s wife w as far too busy
thin k in g of the num ber of detectives
em ployed to find th e m issing w itness
to pay atten tio n to the concluding
sentence. Anxiously she dem anded:
"Supposing the woman Is found,
w hat can Bhe prove? W hat difference
will It m ake?”
“All th e difference In the w orld,” r e
piled Annie. "She Is a m ost lm
p o rtan t w itness.” F irm ly she w ent on:
"She m ust be found. If she didn't
shoot R obert Underwood, she knows
who did.”
"B ut how can she know ?” argued
Alicia. "H ow ard confessed th a t he
did It him self. If he had not con
fessed It would be different.”
"H e did n o t confess,” replied the
o th er calm ly.
“Mrs. Jeffries—hs
never confessed. If he did, he didn’t
know w hat he w as saying.”
Alicia w as rapidly losing h er self-
possession.
‘‘Did he tell you th a t? ” she gasped.
A nnie nodded.
"Yes. Dr. B ernstein says th e po
lice forced It out of his tired brain.
I m ade H ow ard go over every second
of his life th a t night from the tim e
he left me to the m om ent he w as a r
rested. T h ere w asn 't a harsh word
betw een them .” She stopped short
and looked w ith alarm a t Alicia, who
had tu rn ed ashen w hite. “Why,
w hat’s the m a tter? You’re pale as
d eath —you—”
A licia could contain herself no long
er. H er nerv es w ere on the point of
giving way. She felt th a t If she could
not confide h er secret to some one
she m u st go mad. Pacing the floor,
she cried:
"W hat am I to do? W hat am I to
do? I believed H ow ard guilty. Why
shouldn't 1? I had no reason to doubt
hls own confession! E very one be
lieved It—his own fa th e r Included.
W hy should I doubt it. B ut I see it
all now! U nderwood m ust have shot
him self as he said ho w ould!”
A nnie started . W h at did Mrs. Jef
fries m ean? Did she realize th e tre
m endous significance of the w ords she
w as u tterin g ?
“As he said he w ould?” she repeat
ed slowly.
"Y es,” said Alicia w eakly.
Annie bounded forw ard and grasped
h er com panion's arm .
H er face
flushed, altfiost unable to speak from
suppressed emotion, she cried:
The “stom ach telescope." or g a s tro
scope. Invented at th e London hos
pital, has proved to be of th e g re a te st
value In th e diagnosis of stom ach dis
orders. An em inent surgeon recently
referred In the highest term s to the
advances lately made at th a t hospital
In the early detection of disease« of
the stom ach by m eans of this Instru
m ent, which will In the Im m ediate fu
ture probably come to be p art of the
equipm ent of every u p -to d ate hos
pital
The gastroscope now enables
the physician or surgeon to actually
see for him self th e ex act condition of
the whole of the Interior of the stom
ach. the slig h test ulceration, grow th
or oth er abnorm ality In the lining
m em brane being th u s readily obeerved.
To be able to do tb ls la of th e very
g re a te st Im portance In suspected can
C ham p
W IN S
C A L IF O R N IA
C la rk Dem ocratic Choice—
Returns Incom plete.
San Francisco, May 15.— A pproxi
m ately tw o-thirds of C alifornia, 2169
precincts o u t o f 3700, g ive R oosevelt
93,109; T a ft, 51,703; L a Follette,
31,196; C lark, 26,364; W ilson, 11,-
997.
R oosevelt’s p lurality on th e face of
th e retu rn s is 46,406.
H is indicated
p 'u ra lity is betw een 60,000 and 65,-
0
0
0
. ________
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND
PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE
OREGON G ETS H O NO R.
P o rtlan d —O regon was u n in ten tio n
ally com plim ented by the governm ent
when m ill op erato rs and lum ber ex
p o rters received teleg ram s recently
from W ashington, D. C, asking for
bids on two dredge “ sp u d s,” 70 feet
in length and 36 inches in diam eter.
T he “ spuds” a re w anted to com plete
the equipm ent o f a big dredge a t the
P anam a canal.
The order w as issued hurriedly, so
tim e w as ]not allowed for the usual
circulation 'o f specifications, b u t on
such tim b ers th ere would be no com
p etitio n outside o f th e N orthw est. It
is not believed th e governm ent will
be sw am ped w ith proposals for the
“ sp u d s,” ow ing to th e fa c t th a t tim e
of delivery is un certain and ex p o rters
say th ere is little profit for them a fte r
paying fo r g e ttin g such special logs
o u t of the woods.
I t is said th a t to c u t the sizes asked
for, tw o trees, each w ith a d iam eter
o f about six feet, would be necessary,
and it is no longer easy to find such
g ia n t firs close to tra n sp o rta tio n fa
cilities.
San Francisco, May 15.— A t the
first p residential p reference p rim aiy
in which the women of C alifo rn ia ever
voted the s ta te w ent overw helm ingly
fqr Roosevelt on the R epublican tic k
e t and C lark on the D em ocratic ticket.
T a ft ran a poor second and La Fol-
le tte a good third.
W ith not q u ite half th e s ta te heard
from a t 1 o ’clock th is m orning, 1719
C alifornia precincts out of 3700 gave
Roosevelt 76,451 votes, T a ft 43,741;
L a F o llette, 26.672; C lark, 22,957
and W ilson 10,707.
The precincts reported, how ever,
a re the m ore populous ones, and on
the face of th e re tu rn s R oosevelt’s in
dicated p u ra lity was in excess of 50,-
000.
In the s ta te a t larg e the Demo
c ratic vote ran in th e proportion of
about one to four and in San Francisco
one to five.
The San Francisco com plete final re
tu rn s a re :
B E T T E R G AM E LAW S U R G E D .
Roosevelt, 19,843; T a ft, 16,406;
La F ollette, 8507; C lark, 6817; W il
son, 2963.
State W arden’s O ffice Receives Sug
KING OFDENMARKDIES
SUDDENLY AT HAMBURG
H am burg, May 15.-—K ing F rederick
V lil of D enm ark arriv ed a t the H am
bu rg er H of H otel yesterday and died
suddenly d u rin g the n ig h t.
C h ristian F rederick w as proclaim ed
K ing of D enm ark as F rederick V III
on Jan u a ry 30, 1906, a fte r th e death
o f C hristian IX , the aged king, who
w as dean of the crowned heads of E u
rope, fa th e r of K ing G eorge of Greece,
of the Queen M other A lexandra, of
G reat B ritain , the E m press D ow ager
of R ussia and g ra n d fa th e r o f K ing
H aakon V II of N orway.
Several m onths ago K ing Frederick
suffered a serious illness. W hile ta k
ing his custom ary w alk he had a sud
den seizure and w as com pelled to re
tu rn to th e place. (L ater i t w as an
nounced th a t he had suffered a chili,
b u t the n a tu re of his m alady w as not
disclosed.
P A R IS B A N D IT S S L A IN .
Last
of
gestions by L etter.
P o rtlan d —In th e p a st few m onths
the S ta te Game w a rd e n ’s office has re
ceived num erous le tte rs offering su g
gestions for im provem ent o f th e gam e
law s. Mr. F inley said th a t th e com
m ission invites suggestions and will
act upon them a t its n ex t m eeting.
A mong th e le tte rs is one from Luke
Conners, of W allow a, O r., who sug
g ests th a t black and brown b ear be
protected d u ring May, Ju n e, Ju ly and
A ugust. Mr. C onners points o u t th a t
these anim als a re harm less and th a t
th e ir flesh and fu r is w orthless during
th e tim e specified. H e also observes
th a t b ear hun tin g ¡9 frequently done
to conceal o th er h u n tin g d u ring closed
seasons.
John C. Zoller, of Duncan, U m a tilla
county, suggests th a t it m ig h t be ad
visable to g ra n t a bounty on crows.
T hese birds, he says, are a m enace to
o th er birds, p a rtic u la rly young gam e
birds.
YEAR B U M PE R FOR C R O P S .
Pioneers Declare
Season G reatest
Gilliam County Ever S a w .
Condon — Men who have had 30
N otorious Gang Blown Up
y e a rs ’ experience in th is country and
W ith Dynamite.
P a ris—The career o f th e la st of
F ran ce’s notorious b andit g ang was
d ram atically ended w hen, a f te r e ig h t
hours’ b a ttle w ith police and troops,
its leader, O ctave G am ier, and his
confederate, V allet, w ere blown up by
explosives in a sm all v illa a t N ogent-
sur-M arne, w here they had tak en re f
uge.
S h attered by shots of dynam ite,
th e ir house fell in ruins when m elinite
w as exploded under th e w alls.
The police found G a m ie r dead and
V allet dying.
Five policem en w ere
wounded in th e b attle.
All the forces for th e protection of
society had failed to dislodge them .
Several thousand police, gendarm es
and zouaves trie d fo r hours to shoot
th e bandits or blow up th e building
w ith explosives. T hree policemen had
fallen from th e desperadoes’ bullets
b u t though th e villa w as dam aged by
dynam ite th e bandits held th e ir own
and showed no signs of surrendering.
U nlike B onnet, whose refu g e was
dynam ited a t Choisv-le-Roi, G am ier
m ade his la s t stand in a house hidden
by foliage and surrounded closely by
o th er buildings, m aking an assault
difficult and dangerous. B onnet and
D ubis fought in a g arage, w hich could
be approached from all sides.
G a rn ie r’s specialty w as disguise.
H e w ent so fa r as to m u tila te his eye
lids to change his appearance, and he
succeeded in evading th e police d ra g
n et w hich had been spread over P aris
and the suburbs.
rem em ber it when bunch g rass was
the only v eg etatio n for m iles around,
say th is is going to be the banner y ear
fo r crops of all kinds in G illiam coun
ty.
From the Colum bia riv e r to the
W heeler county line, and from Mor
row county to th e John D ay riv e r
th ere is not a poor-looking crop.
O wing to favorable conditions la st
S eptem ber th ere w as a large acreage
o f fall w heat sown and th a t now
stands from 10 inches to a foot high.
S p rin g g rain sown in March is all up
and prom ises to be as good a crop as
th e w in ter w heat. N ot only is th is so,
b u t i t is going to be a g re a t fr u it
year. The trees along th e creeks are
loaded w ith blossoms and prom ise a
grand crop. W ith an unusual am ount
of rain all v egetables will be p len tifu l.
A fte r Green Peach Aphis N o w .
O regon A g ricu ltu ral College, Cor
v allis—The green peach aphis, which
w orks on the tip s o f shoots, is doing
g re a t dam age in th e Freew ater-M ilton
d is tric t and elsew here, and Prof. H. F.
W ilson of th e O. A. C. entom ology de
p a rtm e n t has sta rte d th e follow ing
tre a tm e n t w hich w ill destroy th e pest
if applied in tim e.
“ B lack L eaf 40” should be diluted
w ith 1000 p a rts o f w ater, w ith a bar
o f laundry soap added for every barrel
of the spray.
The soap n o t only
m akes the em ulsion m ore effective,
b u t causes it to spread m ore thorough
ly.
________
W a r on Beetles Resumes.
“ Sane” Fourth is S ta rte d .
Spokane, W ash. — An ordinance
w hich none o f the council would adm it
they had asked for, w as introduced in
the council by the city atto rn ey , not
only p ro h ib itin g pyrotechnic displays
and firew orks of all kinds, b u t m aking
it a crim e to sto re or sell them in the
city except fo r w holesale purposes for
out-of-tow n use. L ast y ear a com m it
tee of the council recom mended no ac
tion for 1911, b u t requested an ordi
nance along th a t line fo r passage a f
te r the F ourth, so th a t am ple notice
would be given before th is year.
S um pter—G overnm ent officials of
th e Entom ological bureau a re here to
cruise the te rrito ry c u t over la s t y ear
by th e ir d e p a rtm e n t in the w ar waged
upon th e pine b eetles th a t have been
d am aging to the fo rests o f E astern
O regon. A year ago the governm ent
sp en t $15,000 in th e forests n e a r this
plaee in the fight upon these little in
sects. The m ethod used w as to cut
down and burn all the infected trees
found in the a era the beetles w ere
w orking over, and about 100,000 trees
w ere tre a te d in th is m anner.
N ew Roads Bill U rg e d .
Boy Scouts Save C o m rad e
T O F IG H T F O R E S T F IR E S .
G overnm ent M akes Inquiry H e re fo r G overnm ent A p propriation o f $ 1 0 ,-
Bids on Big T im bers
OOO Will Be G re a t H elp.
M edford—The Medford Com m ercial
club has appointed a com m ittee con
sistin g of Ju d g e W. M. Colvig, A. E.
R eam es and Ed. A ndrew s to draw up
a home rule good roads m easure to be
presented to the voters o f th e sta te
a t the fall election, w hereby any coun-
ty.can bond itself as it m ay decide a t
a general election for th e bu ild in g of
perm anent highw ays. In th e opinion
o f local atto rn ey s th is is the only way
in which Jackson county can be cer
ta in to be able to bond its e lf for
$1,600,000.
Hood R iver— Form ing a life lire ,
reaching from the hank of th e sw im
m ing fool to the deep w a te r w here
one of th e ir companions w as drow ning
a id pulling down w ith him the lad
who had gone to his rescue, the mem
bers o f the Hood R iver Boy Scouts,
w ith a coolness th a t v eteran life-sav
ers m ight have been pround of, saved
th e lives of th e two boys. The scouts
w ere sw im m ing in the slough north of
th e O.-W. R. & N. passenger depot,
when one of th eir num ber w as seized
cer of th e stom ach, w here the only w ith cram ps.
H igh-Line Ditch W anted.
hope of cure lies In the eradication of
Mississippi Levee Breaks.
the cancerous grow th a t the very
Medford — M edford has decided to
e arliest m o m en t T his m eans th a t the
New O rleans— A pproxim ately 60,000 hold a big irrig a tio n m eeting in the
Increased use of the gastroscope will persons and ten square m iles o f terri-1 n ear fu tu re, when efforts will be made
In the fu tu re save many lives that tory w ill be affected by a break in the to secure enough property ow ners to
would o th er wtee Inevitably be lost M ississippi R iver levee on th e w est { assure th e construction o f th e high
bank 25 m iles north of here. The cre line ditch around th e valley and m ake
through th a t disease.
vasse is 200 fe e t wide. This, th e Hy- I Southern Oregon one o f the b e st ir r i
Proclaim s Hls Feeling*.
m elia levee, w as the scene o f the gated regions in the state«»
A
T he H opkins d itch , north o f Med
W ithout the doctor and my b etter w orst break of the flood o f 1903.
half I have my doubts 'w h eth er there boat w ith laborers has gone to try to ford. is already indorsed by ranchers
The revenue cu tte r and will be constructed.
would have been an opportunity to m ake rep airs.
w rite this, end this rem inds me to say Windom probably w ill be rushed to
Bend Depot T o o Sm all.
th at, ag ain st protestations. I'm pre th e scene w ith supplies.
pared to say, th ere le no easem ent to
Bend— B uilt w ith the expectation
T ra in Robbed o f S I4 0 . 0 0 0 .
| to the afflicted and no satisfaction
th a t it would be larg e enough to care
I so Intensely intense as when you are
New O rleans — Two m asked men fo r th e business here for several
1 sick and pain seem s unbearable to let held up th e New O rleans-N ew York years, the Bend union passenger depot
j your voice proclaim the feeling. Stol- lim ited tra in No. 2. north-bound, on already is proving too sm all to m eet
| clam It very noble, to be sure, but th e New O rleans & N ortheastern ra il th e requirem ents o f th e rapidly in
I when n atu re dem ands the trib u te of road. eig h t m iles from H attiesb u rg . creasin g volume o f traffic. An addi
, • hearty groan or g ru n t from a euf- M iss., and. a fte r dynam iting th e safe tion o f 30 feet is to be erected on the
ferer she is ap t to revenge herself If in the express car. escaped on homes north end to be used for baggage and
[ It le suppressed.—O cala Star.
w ith one bundle containing $140,000. express handling.
(TO B E C O N T IN U E D .)
Of Much Value to Surgeons
“ Stomach Telsscope” H is Bean Found
Usaful In Almost Endlsts Va
riety of Ways.
ROOSEVELT
Salem — A nnouncem ent is made by
th e s ta te board of fo restry th a t th ere
w ill be 65 men appointed in O regon
under th e $10,000 app ro p riatio n re
ceived from the governm ent through
th e W eeks law, these men to w ork in
Oregon in p atro llin g the headw aters of
the navigable stream s o f the sta te .
The s ta te board o f fo restry also
m ade announcem ent o f com pletion o f
its m anual and handbook fo r fire w ar
dens in w hich th e general policy o f
th e board for th is y ear is largely an
nounced.
In the appointm ent of the men un
der the W eeks Jaw th e re w ill be about
57 o f the men statio n ed w est o f the
Cascade m ountains and the o th er e ig h t
w ill be placed e a st o f th e m ountains.
I t w as th e in te n t of the law to protect
the headw aters o f navigable stream s,
and th e m ain navigable stream s are
w est o f the Cascades. The men w est
of the m ountains w ill be apportioned
from one to seven in various counties,
according to th e size o f the counties,
the q u an tity of the tim b e r involved
and the n atu re of the stream s arisin g
in th e respective counties.
In the m ost com prehensive handbook
and m anual ever issued by th e s ta te
board o f fo restry , the policy of th a t
board fo r 1912 is outlined and in stru c
tions are given to th e w ardens w ork
ing under the dep artm en t. I t is shown
th a t Oregon has more stan d in g tim b e r
th an any o th er s ta te in th e U nion—
approxim ately 500,000,000,000 fe e t;
th a t w hen i t is m anufactured into
lum ber it w ill b rin g a t least $6,000,-
000,000 of outside money, 80 per
cen t of which w ill be expended fo r
labor and supplies; th a t O regon is re
ceiving $6,000,000 annually from lum
ber and o th er tim b e r products, and
th a t the tim b e r and lum ber industry is
paying approxim ately one-third o f the
tax es of the s ta te
“ In 1911, 842 fires w ere reported,
o f w hich 613, o r about 73 per cent,
w ere caused through carelessn ess,”
sta te s th e handbook.
“ T h at a m ajo r
ity of these fires w ere the re su lt of
violations of th e law by cam pers,
h unters, railroad com panies, loggers
and ranchers, is beyond q u estio n .”
N um erous in stru ctio n s to th e fire
w ardens in the m anual indicate th a t a
s tric te r policy w ill be pursued th is
y ear in enforcem ent o f th e law than
la s t year, when the board w as largely
tak en up w ith the tim e o f organizing
and w ith a plan of education.
E special atte n tio n is called to the
question of burning perm its. D uring
the period betw een Ju n e 1 and O cto
b er 1 it is unlaw ful fo r any person to
burn slashings, chopping, wood o r
brush land w ithout obtain in g a p erm it
from the sta te fire w arden. The chief
o b ject o f th is re stric tio n is to p rev en t
th e careless use of fire during th e dry
season.
“ Persons engaged in clearing land
and p u ttin g it under cu ltiv atio n find
the use of fire absolutely necessary,
and the w arden’s decisions as to th e
ad v isab ility o f issu in g
a
p e rm it
should, in every case, be based on a
thorough inv estig atio n of the area to
be burned o v e r,” says the m anual.
“ In general, a p erm it should be issued
unless it is clear th a t th e b u rn in g con
tem plated is unsafe. To sum m arize,
i t is th e w ard en ’s duty to accommo
d ate ap p lican ts by issu in g p erm its
w here th ere ¡9 no d anger o f th e fire
spreading, b u t to decline and give
reasons, when the b u rn in g would be
u n s a fe .”
The m anual shows an ag reem ent
has been reached betw een the U nited
S tates d ep artm en t of a g ric u ltu re and
the s ta te board o f fo restry , so th a t the
Federal governm ent has allotted funds
fo r th e service of one o r m ore p a tro l
men in each heavily-tim bered county
in th e sta te .
V o ters W ill Have Big T a s k .
O regon voters in N ovem ber election
th is y ear w ill be called upon to pass
on a t le a st 40 m easures, su b m itted
under th e in itia tiv e or th e re fe re n
dum, in addition to electin g p resid en t,
vice president. U nited S ta te s senator,
rep resen tiv es in congress and various
s ta te and county officers.
The num
b er w ill surpass those in the general
election tw o years ago, when th e to tal
w as only 32. O f th e 40 m easures a l
ready in sight, six have been re fe rre d
to the people by th e 1911 session o f
the leg islatu re.
Autoists Favor C latsop.
Seaside— C latsop Beach is rap id ly
becom ing a fa v o rite o b jective point
fo r autom obile to u rists.
The rain y
w e a th e r has not prevented trav el over
th e roads, and each Sunday th ere have
been a num ber of m o to rists from A s
to ria.
P ortland to u rists also have
fallen into the h a b it o f m aking occas
ional trip s here. The ride from P o rt
land w ill be m ade daily th is sum m er,
and some of th e P ortland m achines
w ill be k ep t here u n til fall, fully a
dcfZen ow ners h aving m ade arran g e
m ents fo r the care o f th e ir m achines.
Salem Backs Road Bills.
Salem — The six com prom ise road
bills w hich w ill go before the people
n e x t N ovem ber received the u n an i
mous indorsem ent o f th e Salem board
o f trad e and steps w ill be taken im
m ediately to circu late them th rough
o u t Marion county w here it is ex p ect
ed thousands of sig n atu res will be a t
tached. In addition resolutions w ere
adopted u rg in g the Marion C ounty
court to purchase auto tru ck s to use in
hau lin g rock for road w ork.
G reat D ram a fo r Rose Festival.
Portland— P rep aratio n s are now be
ing made fo r the production on a g i
g an tic scale o f “ The B ridge of the
G oda,” the sp ectacu lar story o f the
early history o f Oregon, w hich created
country-w ide com m ent a t th e A sto ria
C entennial. Ju n e 8 and 10, th e S a tu r
day prior to and the Monday o f Rose
F estival w eek, are the d ates th a t have
been chosen for the perform ance in
M ultnom ah Field, and th e cast it now
being gathered together.